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Science experiments lesson 22: Magnets: magnetic or non-magnetic? · Set 543 · 40 questions
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What you do (Iron sticks): 1. Put all the test objects on a tray. 2. Guess “magnetic” or “non-magnetic” for each and write it down. 3. Touch the magnet to each object and sort them into two groups. 4. Store the magnets in pairs and keep small magnets away from little children.

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  1. 1.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a results chart (b) test objects (c) vinegar (d) a tray
  2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) test objects (b) a bar magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a tray
  3. 3.🧲 Two magnets: north near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
  4. 4.🧺 Do we need vinegar for the magnet test? (a) needed (b) not needed
  5. 5.🔮 Predict: a magnet is held under a thin plastic plate with a paper clip on top. What happens? (a) the clip moves (b) the clip turns gold (c) nothing at all (d) the plate melts
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the same table (c) the magnet used (d) the same paper clip
  7. 7.🧲 Why is an aluminium can not pulled by a magnet? (a) it is too cold (b) it is too shiny (c) it is too light (d) it has no iron in it
  8. 8.🛟 How should you store bar magnets? (a) dropped on the floor (b) in pairs, opposite ends (c) loose in a toy box (d) in a hot oven
  9. 9.🧲 Which of these is pulled by a magnet? (a) a rubber eraser (b) a sewing needle (c) a plastic ruler (d) a copper wire
  10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) test objects (d) a mirror
  11. 11.🧲 Which of these pull together? (a) north near south (b) south near south (c) north near north
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron screw (b) a plastic ruler (c) an aluminium can (d) a wooden pencil
  13. 13.True or false: a safety pin is pulled by a magnet. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧲 Where is a bar magnet’s pull strongest? (a) everywhere the same (b) at its two poles (c) in the middle (d) nowhere
  15. 15.🧲 Two magnets: south near south. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) push apart (b) pull together
  16. 16.🧲 Is an iron nail magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron filings (b) an iron nail (c) a rubber eraser (d) a safety pin
  18. 18.🧲 Two magnets: south near north. Do they pull together or push apart? (a) pull together (b) push apart
  19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: sheets it pulls through is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧺 Do we need a tray for the magnet test? (a) not needed (b) needed
  22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a tray (b) a bar magnet (c) a results chart (d) vinegar
  23. 23.True or false: a bar magnet is needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧲 Which metal do magnets pull most strongly? (a) aluminium (b) gold (c) copper (d) iron
  26. 26.True or false: vinegar is not needed for the magnet test. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an iron nail (b) a wooden pencil (c) a plastic ruler (d) a paper sheet
  28. 28.🧲 Is a copper wire magnetic or non-magnetic? (a) non-magnetic (b) magnetic
  29. 29.🔮 Predict: you drop a bar magnet on the floor many times. What happens? (a) it gets stronger (b) it gets weaker (c) it becomes heavier (d) it turns to copper
  30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the magnet test. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a tray (b) a results chart (c) test objects (d) yeast
  31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the magnet test? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a bar magnet (d) a battery cell
  32. 32.True or false: north near north push apart. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? True or false: the same table is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔮 Predict: you stroke a steel needle many times with one end of a magnet, always the same way. What happens? (a) it turns to wood (b) it gets heavier (c) it becomes a magnet (d) it melts
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “sheets it pulls through”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron filings (b) a sewing needle (c) a wooden pencil (d) an iron nail
  37. 37.True or false: a mirror is needed for the magnet test. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? Which of these is what we measure? (a) sheets it pulls through (b) the same paper clip (c) the kind of paper (d) the same table
  39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the magnet test? (a) a results chart (b) a tray (c) test objects (d) a balloon
  40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — does a stronger magnet pull a paper clip through more sheets of paper? What do we do with “the magnet used”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it

Answer key

  1. vinegar
  2. a battery cell
  3. push apart
  4. not needed
  5. the clip moves
  6. the magnet used
  7. it has no iron in it
  8. in pairs, opposite ends
  9. a sewing needle
  10. a mirror
  11. north near south
  12. an iron screw
  13. True
  14. at its two poles
  15. push apart
  16. magnetic
  17. a rubber eraser
  18. pull together
  19. False
  20. False
  21. needed
  22. vinegar
  23. True
  24. True
  25. iron
  26. True
  27. an iron nail
  28. non-magnetic
  29. it gets weaker
  30. yeast
  31. a bar magnet
  32. True
  33. True
  34. it becomes a magnet
  35. we measure it
  36. a wooden pencil
  37. False
  38. sheets it pulls through
  39. a balloon
  40. we change it

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