Form 4 Magnets

True or False: A magnet is attracting when it pushes objects away from each other.

• True

• False

Magnets not only pull things, but they can also push things away.

• True

• False

The Earth is one big giant magnet.

• True

• False

Two magnets with like poles will _________ each other.

• attract

• repel

Two magnets with unlike poles will _________ each other.

• attract

• repel

Compasses always point in which direction?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The space around a magnet is called its ____________.

• electrical field

• force field

• magnetic field

• electromagnetic field

Iron, nickel and ............................. are the three magnetic elements.

• silver

• copper

• gold

• cobalt

• Magnetic

• Not magnetic

Magnets have a north and a south ___________

• shape

• colour

• pole

• region