Electricity and Magnetism New Year Review

What is magnetism?

A magnet can exist as just one pole (i.e. just a north pole magnet)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Two magnets need to be physically touching to exert a force on one another

• TRUE

• FALSE

South poles on magnets attract north poles on magnets

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a magnet is left to rotate freely, the north pole of the magnet will point to the north pole on earth

• TRUE-ish

• FALSE

Magnets work in the vacuum of space

• TRUE

• FALSE

A magnet can attract all metals

• TRUE

• FALSE

If you rub an iron nail with a magnet, the nail becomes magnetic

• TRUE

• FALSE

Without magnetism, we’d all be dead

• TRUE

• FALSE

How can we make something magnetic?