Magnets — Quiz

Grade 1 · Science · Quiz

Test what you know about magnets, poles, attraction, and repulsion!

Questions

1. Magnets can attract plastic objects.

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   Answer: False

   Magnets only attract ferromagnetic materials like iron and steel. Plastic does not have magnetic properties.

2. What are the two ends of a magnet called?

   1. Left and right
   2. Top and bottom
   3. North Pole and South Pole
   4. Positive and negative
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   Answer: North Pole and South Pole

   Every magnet has a North Pole and a South Pole — the two opposite ends where the magnetic force is strongest.

3. When opposite poles of a magnet come together, they ___ each other.

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   Answer: attract

   Opposite poles (North + South) are magnetically attracted to each other, pulling together with a strong force.

4. Which of these objects would a magnet attract?

   1. A plastic ruler
   2. A wooden pencil
   3. A steel paper clip
   4. A glass marble
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   Answer: A steel paper clip

   Steel contains iron, making it ferromagnetic and strongly attracted to magnets.

5. Like poles (North and North) attract each other.

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   Answer: False

   Like poles (N+N or S+S) REPEL each other — push apart. Only opposite poles (N+S) attract.

6. What do we call the invisible force area around a magnet?

   1. Electric field
   2. Gravity field
   3. Magnetic field
   4. Force bubble
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   Answer: Magnetic field

   The magnetic field is the invisible region of influence around a magnet where its force affects nearby magnetic materials.

7. Earth acts as a giant magnet with its own magnetic field.

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   Answer: True

   Earth's liquid iron outer core generates a global magnetic field, creating North and South magnetic poles used for navigation.

8. When two like poles push each other away, it is called ___.

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   Answer: repulsion

   Repulsion occurs when like poles face each other, their magnetic fields pushing against one another.

9. A compass needle always points in which direction?

   1. South
   2. East
   3. West
   4. North
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   Answer: North

   A compass needle is a small magnet — its South pole is attracted to Earth's magnetic North Pole, so it always points North.

10. Magnets are only used in science labs and not in everyday objects.

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    Answer: False

    Magnets are all around us — in refrigerator doors, speakers, credit card stripes, electric motors, and even in MRI machines.

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