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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Magnets (Questions)

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Magnets are capable of attracting or repelling other magnets. A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials like iron and attracts or repels other magnets. Try our Science quiz on Magnets.

The area around a magnet is called a .......

[ ]	Magnetic area
[ ]	Magnetic field
[ ]	Magnetic force
[ ]	Magnetic space

The ends of a bar magnet are called .......

[ ]	East and west poles
[ ]	North and south poles
[ ]	North poles
[ ]	South poles

Which of the following metals is NOT magnetic?

[ ]	Cobalt
[ ]	Copper
[ ]	Iron
[ ]	Nickel

If two north poles are near each other .…...

[ ]	Nothing will happen
[ ]	They will attract
[ ]	They will be demagnetised
[ ]	They will repel

If a north and a south pole are near each other ..…..

[ ]	Nothing will happen
[ ]	They will attract
[ ]	They will be demagnetised
[ ]	They will repel

When a magnet is suspended ..…..

[ ]	It will line up in E-W direction
[ ]	It will line up in N-S direction
[ ]	It will not move
[ ]	It will point up-down

A magnetized piece of steel can be used in .......

[ ]	A compass
[ ]	A computer mouse
[ ]	A remote control
[ ]	A watch

To show the magnetic area around a magnet we use .......

[ ]	Aluminum powder
[ ]	Copper filings
[ ]	Iron filings
[ ]	Pepper

Which one of the following groups of metals are attracted to a magnet?

[ ]	Copper, nickel, steel
[ ]	Gold, nickel, iron
[ ]	Gold, steel, copper
[ ]	Steel, iron, nickel

10.

The stronger a magnet .......

[ ]	The harder the metal
[ ]	The larger the force
[ ]	The smaller the force
[ ]	The softer the metal

Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Magnets (Answers)

The area around a magnet is called a .......

[ ]	Magnetic area
[x]	Magnetic field
[ ]	Magnetic force
[ ]	Magnetic space

The ends of a bar magnet are called .......

[ ]	East and west poles
[x]	North and south poles
[ ]	North poles
[ ]	South poles

Magnetic force is strongest at the poles

Which of the following metals is NOT magnetic?

[ ]	Cobalt
[x]	Copper
[ ]	Iron
[ ]	Nickel

If two north poles are near each other .…...

[ ]	Nothing will happen
[ ]	They will attract
[ ]	They will be demagnetised
[x]	They will repel

Maglev trains use magnets to lift them off the ground

If a north and a south pole are near each other ..…..

[ ]	Nothing will happen
[x]	They will attract
[ ]	They will be demagnetised
[ ]	They will repel

Opposite poles attract, similar poles repel

When a magnet is suspended ..…..

[ ]	It will line up in E-W direction
[x]	It will line up in N-S direction
[ ]	It will not move
[ ]	It will point up-down

A magnetized piece of steel can be used in .......

[x]	A compass
[ ]	A computer mouse
[ ]	A remote control
[ ]	A watch

A compass points to magnetic north and not geographical north

To show the magnetic area around a magnet we use .......

[ ]	Aluminum powder
[ ]	Copper filings
[x]	Iron filings
[ ]	Pepper

Which one of the following groups of metals are attracted to a magnet?

[ ]	Copper, nickel, steel
[ ]	Gold, nickel, iron
[ ]	Gold, steel, copper
[x]	Steel, iron, nickel

10.

The stronger a magnet .......

[ ]	The harder the metal
[x]	The larger the force
[ ]	The smaller the force
[ ]	The softer the metal

Magnetic force acts at a distance