Magnets TCAP Review

Multiple Choice

True of False: A magnet will attract a paperclip?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: A magnet will be attracted to a wooden spoon

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A magnets force is the strongest at its center.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

• They will attract each other.

• They will repel each other.

• They will stay the same.

Multiple Choice

When two magnets repel, they ________________

• change color

• pull together

• push apart

• get colder

Multiple Choice

When two magnets attract, they ______________

• push apart

• change color

• get colder

• pull together

Multiple Choice

• Pair A and Pair B

• Pair A and Pair C

• Pair B and Pair C

• Pair C and Pair D

Multiple Select

Which two classroom problems can best be solved using magnets?

• hanging artwork on a metal filing cabinet

• attaching pencils to a brick wall

• keeping trash out of the recycling bin

• stopping playground balls from rolling away

• keeping a metal cabinet shut

Multiple Choice

A recycling company uses magnets to help separate items from large piles. Which items will the magnets be able to pull from the piles?

• Items made of wood

• items made of plastic

• items made of metal

• items of cloth

Multiple Choice

A student glues a magnet on the top of a small box and pushes the box across a table.Another student at the other end of the table wants to stop the box using a secondmagnet.

Which diagram shows how the student at the end of the table should hold the magnet tostop the box without touching the box?