Results for BrainPOP Magnet Quiz

Magnetism
Student scored 9 out of a possible 10.

1. Which mineral is a naturally occurring magnet?
a. Magnetite
b. Hematite
c. Pyrite
Correct answer: a
Student answered: a

2. Which of the following metals can be magnetized?
a. Lead
b. Iron
c. Copper
Correct answer: b
Student answered: b

3. Which arrangement of magnetic poles would repel one another?
a. North-North
b. North-South
c. East-West
Correct answer: a
Student answered: a

4. What are magnetic domains?
a. Force fields created by strong magnets
b. Arrangements of atoms inside metals
c. Two magnets that attract one another
Correct answer: b
Student answered: a

5. How are the magnetic domains arranged inside a magnet?
a. They’re jumbled up randomly
b. They point in the sam e direction
c. Half point north and half point south
Correct answer: b
Student answered: b

6. How can you create a magnetic field?
a. By stringing many magnets together
b. By plugging a refrigerator magnet into an electric socket
c. By running a current through a wire
Correct answer: c
Student answered: c

7. To what does a compass needle always point?
a. The geographic North Pole
b. The magnetic North Pole
c. The astronomical North Pole
Correct answer: b
Student answered: b

8. Which of the following is true?
a. A compass is affected by the earth’s magnetic field
b. An object’s magnetic field gets weaker as you move closer to it
c. Once a metal becomes magnetized, it stays magnetized
Correct answer: a
Student answered: a

9. Where might you find an electromagnet?
a. In a fluorescent light bulb
b. Hanging on your refrigerator door
c. In an electric motor
Correct answer: c
Studen t answered: c

10. How are the magnetic domains arranged in a non-magnetized piece of metal?
a. They’re jumbled up randomly
b. They point in the same direction
c. Half point north, and half point south
Correct answer: a
Student answered: a