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Magnet poles

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-PS2-3 · England: KS2 Y3 Forces and magnets

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  1. Question 1

    True or false? Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  2. Question 2

    How can you find out which end of an unlabelled magnet is north?

    • A. Look at its colour.
    • B. Smell it.
    • C. Weigh it.
    • D. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.

  3. Question 3

    You hold two horseshoe magnets so that the north pole of one faces the north pole of the other. What happens?

    • A. attract (pull together)
    • B. repel (push apart)

  4. Question 4

    True or false? A magnet's pull is strongest in the middle.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  5. Question 5

    How can you find out which end of an unlabelled magnet is north?

    • A. Weigh it.
    • B. Smell it.
    • C. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.
    • D. Look at its colour.

  6. Question 6

    You hold two horseshoe magnets so that the north pole of one faces the south pole of the other. What happens?

    • A. attract (pull together)
    • B. repel (push apart)

  7. Question 7

    True or false? Two north poles attract each other.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  8. Question 8

    Where is a bar magnet's pull strongest?

    • A. equally everywhere
    • B. exactly in the middle
    • C. at its two ends (poles)
    • D. nowhere

  9. Question 9

    You hold two bar magnets so that the north pole of one faces the south pole of the other. What happens?

    • A. attract (pull together)
    • B. repel (push apart)

  10. Question 10

    True or false? Magnets can only attract, never repel.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  11. Question 11

    A ring magnet floats above another on a pencil. Why doesn't it fall down?

    • A. The facing poles are the same, so they push apart.
    • B. There is no gravity on a pencil.
    • C. The pencil is magnetic.
    • D. The top magnet is very light air.

  12. Question 12

    You hold two bar magnets so that the north pole of one faces the north pole of the other. What happens?

    • A. attract (pull together)
    • B. repel (push apart)

  13. Question 13

    True or false? A magnet's pull is strongest in the middle.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  14. Question 14

    How can you find out which end of an unlabelled magnet is north?

    • A. Weigh it.
    • B. Smell it.
    • C. Look at its colour.
    • D. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.

  15. Question 15

    You hold two horseshoe magnets so that the south pole of one faces the south pole of the other. What happens?

    • A. attract (pull together)
    • B. repel (push apart)

  16. Question 16

    True or false? If you cut a bar magnet in half, each half has a north and a south pole.

    • A. True
    • B. False

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  1. True
  2. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.
  3. repel (push apart)
  4. False
  5. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.
  6. attract (pull together)
  7. False
  8. at its two ends (poles)
  9. attract (pull together)
  10. False
  11. The facing poles are the same, so they push apart.
  12. repel (push apart)
  13. False
  14. Bring it near the north pole of a labelled magnet: the end that is pushed away is north.
  15. repel (push apart)
  16. True