Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Compass

Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Compass

6th - 8th Grade

7 Qs

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Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Compass

Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Compass

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following statements is true about Earth’s magnetic poles?
They are the areas where Earth’s magnetic field is strongest.
They are located at Earth’s geographic poles.
They are the areas where Earth’s magnetic field is weakest.
Earth has four magnetic poles.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is Earth's magnetic field similar to that of a magnet?
It is hundreds of miles long
It has north and south poles
It is made in Earth's core
It is shaped like a horseshoe

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is our best evidence that Earth has a magnetic field?
All things fall toward Earth's center
A compass needle lines up with it
Winds blow from east to west
Earth's oceans all have currents

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Earth's magnetic field and a bar magnet attract particles to the same locations. Where are they?
The middle
All around the outside
The north and south poles
First to the middle, then to the ends

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why does a compass needle point north?
The compass is a bar magnet
Because north is up
Because it's magic
It lines up with the Earth's magnetic field

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earth acts like a giant magnet because its center is made up MOSTLY of
granite
limestone
iron
nickel

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ___________ is a device that has a magnetized needle that can spin freely. 
magnet
compass
filing
electron