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Created on March 14, 2022 By

Millie Green

Science of Materials: KS2 Metals Quiz

Have you just completed our science activity worksheet about Metals and Magnetism? This is a quick quiz to test your knowledge!

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What materials stick to a magnet? (Select all correct answers)

Horseshoe shaped magnet with north in red and south in blue

Iron

Aluminium

Steel

Plastic

Glass

2 / 11

Name some other properties of metals

Hard

Solid

Shiny

Conduct electricity

All of the above

None of the above

3 / 11

What's the name of the place where magnetism was discovered?

London

The Moon

Washington

Sydney

Magnesia

4 / 11

Where do we get metals from?

The Blue Marble picture is the iconic image of the Earth floating in space taken by astronauts on the Apollo 17 mission to Mars. It remains the best image of Earth taken from space.

We extract them from seawater.

Minerals called ores that are found as rocks underground.

Astronauts bring them back from The Moon.

We can grow metal on trees.

5 / 11

Are metals a renewable or non-renewable resource?

Renewable

Non-renewable

6 / 11

Which kind of your recycling would stick to a magnet?

Aluminium can

Piece of paper

Steel food tin

Plastic yogurt pot

Leftover food waste

7 / 11

Choose the reasons why we should recycle.

Materials are valuable and we shouldn't waste them.

So we don't have to keep making new resources.

Saving energy and carbon which helps fight climate change.

Metals can be recycled forever.

All of the above.

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What is the name of the type of train that uses magnets to move?

Image of a silver metal train on a track

Bullet train

Eurostar

Steam train

Maglev train

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How are magnets used in the recycling process?

To crush up plastic

To lift aluminium cans

To sort out steel from mixed recycling

To turn food waste into fertiliser

10 / 11

Name an object that you would never make out of metal.

Phone

Train

Pillow

Flask

Toilet

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Can you recycle all metals?

Yes

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