Magnets can attract or repel each other.
Magnets may lose their strength if they are not handled properly.
Objects that are attracted by magnets are magnetic objects.
Objects that are not attracted by magnets are non-magnetic objects.
Different magnets have different strengths. The strengths of magnets do not depend on their sizes and shapes. They depend on the number of objects attracted by the magnets.
There are many uses of magnets.
QUIZZES
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. Why will a magnet not attract pieces of paper?
Because paper is not magnetic
Because paper is not sticky
Because paper is not strong
4. Are all metals magnetic?
Yes, all metals are magnetic
No, no metals are magnetic
No, only a few such as iron and steel
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
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