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Magnets and springs

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1. Which of these objects would be attracted to a magnet?

A leather purse

A steel key

A wooden ruler

2. Magnet A can hold three steel paperclips; Magnet B can hold five. Which is the strongest?

Magnet A

Magnet B

They are both equally strong

3. Two magnets are placed next to each other and push (repel) each other apart. What is one possible explanation for this?

The north poles of both magnets are facing one another

One magnet is made of gold

The north pole of one magnet is facing the south pole of the other magnet

4. The pushing or pulling force of a magnet is

strongest in the middle of the magnet

strongest at the ends of the magnet

the same all the way through the magnet

5. Which two metals will be attracted by a magnet?

Iron and steel

Gold and silver

Aluminium and lead

6. When two magnets repel each other, they ...

push away from each other

pull towards each other

neither push nor pull

7. When two magnets attract each other, they ...

push away from each other

pull towards each other

neither push nor pull

8. Magnetism is a type of ...

electricity

gravity

force

9. When you squash a spring down with your hand, you feel ...

an upward push on your hand

a downward push on your hand

no push or pull at all

10. The more you squash or compress a spring down with your hand ...

the bigger the downward force on your hand

the smaller the upward force on your hand

the bigger the upward force on your hand

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