Electromagnetism

What kind of magnet can be turned on and off?

• refridgerator magnet
• electromagnet
• magnetite
• iron

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What is true about electricity and magnetic fields?

• Electricity is needed to create any magnet.
• Electricity always creates a magnetic field.
• Electricity is stronger than a magnetic field.
• Electricity prevents magnetic fields from occurring.

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This picture best illustrates the construction of a(n)

• magnet

• electromagnet

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

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How do you make an electromagnet stronger?

• Add a motor and/or lightbulbs
• Add more light bulbs and/or wire coils
• add more wire coils and/or a switch
• add more wire coils and/or batteries

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A compass needle responds to a magnetic field, because the compass needle is a

• A. generator.
• B. motor.   
• C. magnet.
• D. transformer.

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What is magnetic force?

• A force exerted by electrically charged particles

• A force exerted by magnets that can be felt by objects near a magnet

• A force exerted by magnets that makes an object become electrically charged

• A force exerted by a magnet only when it physically touches an object

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Which of the following is not a good conductor?

• Copper

• Silver

• Aluminium

• Plastic

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Particles with opposite charges ____________ and particles with same (or like) charges ____________.

• attract, repel

• repel, repel

• attract, attract

• repel, attract

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The picture above is an example of what?

• Magnetic field

• Electric field

• Repulsion

• Attraction

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What would happen with the magnets in the picture above?

• They would repel

• Nothing

• They would attract

• They would repel and then attract

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