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Magnets – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Magnets with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Physics
Year
Years 6–7
Curriculum area
Electricity, magnetism and light

Question types: Attract or repel?

Rule: Magnets

Every magnet has a north (N) and a south (S) pole. Opposite poles (N and S) attract, like poles (N and N, S and S) repel.

A magnet attracts iron, steel, nickel and cobalt. It is strongest at its poles.

Example: Break a magnet in two: each piece again has both poles, N and S.

Watch out: You can’t separate the poles of a magnet: a magnet with only an N pole doesn’t exist.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO). The north pole is marked N, the south pole S.

    1.SNSN2.SNNS
    1. The magnets in pair 1 attract each other.
    2. The magnets in pair 2 attract each other.
    3. A magnet acts only on things it touches.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The magnets in pair 1 attract each other. – yes
    2. The magnets in pair 2 attract each other. – no
    3. A magnet acts only on things it touches. – no

    How it works: Unlike poles attract, like poles repel. 1. YES 2. NO 3. NO

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO). The north pole is marked N, the south pole S.

    1.SNNS2.SNSN3.SNSN
    1. The magnets in pair 1 repel each other.
    2. The magnets in pair 2 repel each other.
    3. The magnets in pair 3 repel each other.
    4. Nickel is attracted by a magnet.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The magnets in pair 1 repel each other. – yes
    2. The magnets in pair 2 repel each other. – no
    3. The magnets in pair 3 repel each other. – no
    4. Nickel is attracted by a magnet. – yes

    How it works: Unlike poles attract, like poles repel. 1. YES 2. NO 3. NO 4. YES

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Decide whether each statement is true (YES) or not (NO). The north pole is marked N, the south pole S.

    1.SNSN2.SNNS3.NSNS
    1. The magnets in pair 1 attract each other.
    2. The magnets in pair 2 attract each other.
    3. The magnets in pair 3 repel each other.
    4. Aluminium foil is attracted by a magnet.
    5. If a bar magnet is broken in two, each piece again has a north and a south pole.
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The magnets in pair 1 attract each other. – yes
    2. The magnets in pair 2 attract each other. – no
    3. The magnets in pair 3 repel each other. – no
    4. Aluminium foil is attracted by a magnet. – no
    5. If a bar magnet is broken in two, each piece again has a north and a south pole. – yes

    How it works: Unlike poles attract, like poles repel. 1. YES 2. NO 3. NO 4. NO 5. YES

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