Vocabulary
Multiple Choice
Critical thinking
Pictures
Miscellaneous
100
If something is able to attract objects made of iron it is...
A. static electricity
B. magnetic
B. magnetic
100
What type of electricity moves through a wire?
A. current
B. socket
A. current
100
Jayden found a bag of coins in a closet. None of the coins was attracted by a magnet. What could Jayden infer about the coins?
The coins were not attracted to a magnet because they did not contain iron.
100
What do the S and N stand for on this magnet?
S is for South and N is for North.
100
Magnets can come in all different shapes and sizes. True or False?
True!
200
An electric charge that builds up in an object is...
A. Circuit
B. Static electricity
B. Static electricity
200
Which material is a good conductor of electricity for your toaster cord?
A. copper
B. plastic
A. copper
200
Dorian saw a crane lift a junk car from one place and then drop the car in a different place. What hypothesis could Dorian form about what was on the end of the crane to move the car?
There was an electromagnet on the end of the crane.
200
What kind of magnet can be turned off and on?
200
What can magnets do to a piece of iron?
A. repel it
B. attract it
C. push the piece of iron away
B. attract it
300
An example of electricity is...
A. brush
B. cloud
C. lightning
C. lightning
300
What makes a refrigerator's motor do work to keep food cold?
A. current electricity
B. insulator
C. static electricity
A. current electricity
300
List 3 different uses for magnets in everyday life.
To hold open/ closed a door.
To hold something up on the fridge.
To pick up something heavy and move it.
To sort through objects quickly.
300
What has the most magnetic pull...
A. Earth (surface)
B. Fridge magnet
C. MRI scanner
C. MRI scanner
300
Magnets can still work even through the human body. True or false?
True! 
400
A machine that uses a magnet to make a current of electricity
A. circuit
B. static electricity
C. generator
C. generator
400
What is needed to make electricity?
A. magnet only
B. coil of wire only
C. both a magnet and a coil of wire
c. both a magnet and a coil of wire
400
Esperence found a mixture of plastic buttons and metal safety pins in her grandmother's sewing box. She wanted to separate the buttons and the pins. What hypothesis could Esperence form about a method to quickly separate the pins from the buttons?
The pins could quickly be pulled out by using a magnet to attract them.
400
Will these magnets repel or attract each other? How do you know?
The magnets are attracted to each other because the polar opposites are matched up.
400
Describe what is happening in this photo.
In the top photo the magnets are attracted to each other. This is because one magnet is north facing and one is south facing. In the bottom photo the magnets are repelling from each other because the same poles are facing each other.
500
A path that electricity follows is...
A. circuit
B. static electricity
C. generator
D. magnetic
A. circuit
500
Which is not a use for magnets?
A. to make electricity
B. to make compasses
C. to sort metal for recycling
D. to separate glass from plastic
D. to separate glass from plastic
500
In order to be a magnet the object must....
500
Describe what is happening in this photo.
The person created a small electromagnet which will pick up the paper clips when turned on.
500
Samuel wanted to know why insulators are used with electric wires. Which answer would be right for you to give him?
A. Insulation makes electricity dangerous.
B. Insulators let electricity get out of a wire.
C. Insulators stop electricity from getting out of wire.
D. Insulators make a path for electricity to move through.
C. Insulators stop electricity from getting out of wire.