Science : Magnetic a.

The middle
Grade : 5 b. All around the outside
Answer the cuestion with correctl! c. The north and south poles
1. A north pole and a south pole will attract. d. First to the middle, then to the ends
a. True 10. Where is Earth's magnetic field strongest?
b. False a. Along the outside lines
2. A magnet cannot not move which of the b. Along the inside lines on either side
following objects? c. Where the lines are close together at the
a. a paper clip poles
b. a nail d. In the space outside of the lines
c. a toothpick 11. Why does a compass needle point north?
d. a staple a. The compass is a bar magnet
3. How is a permanent magnet DIFFERENT b. Because north is up
from a temporary magnet? c. Because it's magic
a. A permanent magnet attracts materials made d. It lines up with the Earth's magnetic field
of iron. 12. When two magnets attract, they
b. A permanent magnet has poles. ______________
c. A permanent magnet has a magnetic field. a. push apart
d. A permanent magnet keeps its magnetism b. change color
for a long time. c. get colder
4. Earth acts like a giant magnet because its d. pull together
center is made up MOSTLY of 13. When two magnets repel, they
a. granite ________________
b. limestone a. change color
c. iron b. pull together
d. nickel c. push apart
5. True or False: All metals stick to magnets. d. get colder
a. True 14. What will happen when these magnets are
b. False brought close together?
6. It is possible for a magnet to have only one a. They will attract each other.
pole. b. They will repel each other.
a. True c. Both magnets will turn to the left
b. False d. Both magnets will turn to the right
7. A device that uses a free-moving magnetic 15. This large crane magnet functions only
needle to show direction is a: when the electrical current is ON. The crane
a. lodestone magnet is an example of what type of
b. magnet magnet?
c. compass a. NIB Magnet
d. magnetic field b. Ceramic Magnet
8. Where is the force of attraction the strongest c. Electromagnet
on a magnet? d. funnel magnet
a. at the poles 16. Iron, Nickel and cobalt are all
b. in the middle __________________ materials
c. above the magnet a. Shiny
d. below the magnet b. poles
9. Earth's magnetic field and a bar magnet c. magnetic
attract particles to the same locations. Where d. cold
are they?
17. What characteristics do magnetic substances b. yarn
have? c. screw
a. They can give you a "shock" when you d. rubberband
touch them 24. What is force?
b. They can push or pull objects without a. How close or far away something is
touching them b. how large or small something is
c. They are always black and cold to touch c. a push or pull on an object
d. They fall faster than other objects when you d. to change the shape of an object
drop them 25. Why would a magnet attract a paperclip but
18. How is Earth's magnetic field similar to that not a penny?
of a magnet? a. Magnets only attract to silver objects
a. It is hundreds of miles long b. magnets are not attracted to all kinds of
b. It has north and south poles metal.
c. It is made in Earth's core c. Magnets do not attract to round objects
d. It is shaped like a horseshoe d. Magnets do not attract to objects that are
19. Which of the following is true of a bar orange.
magnet? 26. When a magnet attracts an object, it
a. Its magnetic field is strongest near its center. ________ the object.
b. It is surrounded by a magnetic field. a. pushes
c. The north pole is stronger than the south b. spins
pole. c. pulls
d. The south pole is stronger than the north d. turns
pole. 27. If a magnet attracts a paperclip, the
20. What happens when two north poles of a paperclip must be made of __________.
magnet are placed together? a. plastic
a. they repel b. rocks
b. they attract c. copper
c. they cancel each other out d. iron
d. the strength of the magnet is doubled 28. What will occur if opposite poles of a
21. Why is it helpful to have a magnet at the end magnet or electromagnet are brought near
of a screwdriver? each other?
a. Screwdrivers do not have magnets and they a. The poles will repel
are not helpful b. The poles will attract
b. The magnet will keep the screwdriver in the c. The poles will do nothing
toolbox d. The magnets will become stronger
c. The magnet keeps the screwdriver from 29. What is true about magnets and
rolling electromagnets?
d. The magnet holds the screw in place. a. Magnets are attracted to wood
22. What is not true about magnets or b. Magnets do not attract other magnets
electromagnets? c. Magnets repel objects that are made of iron
a. All magnets have a force d. Magnets have a north pole and a south pole
b. Magnets are attracted to all kinds of metal. 30. What is a pole?
c. Magnets attract iron. a. The strongest push or pull on a magnet
d. Magnets can pull on some objects without b. The middle of a magnet
touching them. c. The direction a magnet points
23. Which object would attract to a magnet or d. the metal that magnets are attracted to.
electromagnet?
a. button