Amplify Magnetic Fields Review

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What device uses a free-moving magnetic needle to show direction?

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Compass

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What happens when two like poles of magnets are brought close together?

Back

They repel each other.

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What type of energy transfer occurs when potential energy is converted to motion?

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Potential --> Kinetic

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What will happen when two magnetic toy trains are placed next to each other?

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They will move closer to each other.

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What type of energy is present when there is no movement or stored energy?

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Neither.

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What is a magnet?

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An object that produces a magnetic field and can attract or repel other magnets.

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What is a magnetic field?

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The area around a magnet where magnetic forces can be felt.

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What is the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy?

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Potential energy is stored energy, while kinetic energy is energy of motion.

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What happens when opposite poles of magnets are brought together?

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They attract each other.

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What is a lodestone?

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A naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite.