Magnet poles

Question 1

Where is a bar magnet's pull strongest?

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

Question 2

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

• A. True
• B. False

Question 3

You hold two ring 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)

Question 4

Where is a bar magnet's pull strongest?

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

Question 5

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

• A. True
• B. False

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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. The pencil is magnetic.
• C. The top magnet is very light air.
• D. There is no gravity on a pencil.

Question 8

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

• A. True
• B. False

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

• A. True
• B. False

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

Where is a bar magnet's pull strongest?

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

Question 14

True or false? Two north poles attract each other.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 15

You hold two ring 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)

Question 16

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

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