Magnetic Fields Unit Review

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

• True
• False

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Which way will the magnets move after they are released?

• Towards each other
• Away from each other
• Not enough information

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This diagram represents magnetic lines of force within a region of space. The magnetic field is strongest at point

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which diagram represents magnetic field lines between two north magnetic poles?

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The diagram below shows a bar magnet.

Which arrow best represents the direction of the needle of a compass placed at point A?

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Where are the magnetic force the strongest in this picture?

• Location 1
• Location 2
• Location 3
• Location 4

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Surrounding every magnet is a __________  __________.

• magnetic field
• electrical current
• another magnet
• an enemy

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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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Magnetic poles that are unlike ________and magnetic poles that are alike ___________.

• run; stay
• attract; repel
• stay; repel
• repel; attract

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What is a magnetic field?

• purple lines with arrows
• area of magnetic force around a magnet
• it's like a really big football field
• area of a magnet around a magnetic force

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