Grades 3–5 · Science
This quiz helps revise “Magnets” in Science for grades 3–5. It has 25 questions in five categories: Poles and Forces, Magnetic Materials, Shapes and Types, Earth and Compasses, Electromagnets. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Magnets have two ends where their pull is strongest. What are these two ends called?
When you try to push the matching poles of two different magnets together, what do they do?
What invisible area of…
In the gameSprinkled over a magnet…
In the gameIf you snap a…
In the gameCast into heavy frying pans and used in steel, which dark grey metal is strongly magnetic?
Used to make kitchen foil and drinks cans, which lightweight metal is NOT attracted to magnets?
Which common metal alloy…
In the gameWhich reddish-brown metal, widely…
In the gameAlong with iron and…
In the game
Bent into a curved U-shape so both of its poles face forward, what is this classic magnet called?
What straight, rectangular magnet has opposite magnetic poles located at its two flat ends?
Which circular magnets, shaped…
In the gameWhat naturally magnetic black…
In the gameWhich silvery rare-earth metal…
In the game
Used to help travelers find their direction with a freely spinning magnetic needle, what is this handheld tool called?
When allowed to spin freely on a pivot or float on water, towards which direction does a magnetized needle point?
Earth's magnetic field is…
In the gameEntering Earth's magnetic field…
In the gameWhat is the scientific…
In the gameUnlike permanent magnets, an electromagnet only works when which kind of power flows through its wire?
In a scrapyard, what giant machine uses a powerful electromagnet to lift crushed cars and drop them on command?
What simple electrical control…
In the gameUsing powerful electromagnets to…
In the gameFound in fans and…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.