Forces and magnets

Worksheet: Forces and magnets

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Answer the questions.

1. What do we call opening a door by moving it towards you?
   a) A floatb) A pullc) A pushd) A spin
2. Which action is a push?
   a) Pressing a doorbellb) Pulling a drawer openc) Pulling a wagond) Tugging a rope
3. A force can make a still object start to move.
   a) Trueb) False
4. A toy car rolls fastest across which surface?
   a) Grassb) Rough sandpaperc) Smooth woodd) Thick carpet
5. What force slows a sliding box as it rubs on the floor?
   a) Frictionb) Lightc) Magnetismd) Sound
6. Which has more friction: an icy path or a rough, gravelly path?
7. Which object will a magnet attract?
   a) A plastic cupb) A rubber bandc) A wooden spoond) An iron nail
8. Magnets attract all metals, including aluminium foil.
   a) Trueb) False
9. What are the two ends of a magnet called?
   a) Front and back polesb) Hot and cold polesc) North and south polesd) Top and side poles
10. What happens if you put two north poles close together?
    a) Nothing ever happensb) They meltc) They pull togetherd) They push apart
11. What happens when a north pole is near a south pole?
12. Where is a magnet's pulling force usually strongest?
    a) At its polesb) Far away from itc) In its middled) Nowhere in particular
13. Two south poles repel each other.
    a) Trueb) False
14. Why do people spread sand on an icy path?
15. A magnet can pull a paper clip through paper. What does this show?
    a) Magnetic force works through some materialsb) Magnets only work in airc) Paper clips are alived) Paper is magnetic
16. Which is NOT a force?
    a) A pullb) A pushc) A shadowd) Friction