Magnetism and Electromagnetism

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What do iron filings demonstrate when placed around a magnet?

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The magnetic field around the magnet.

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What is the smallest particle of any particular type of matter?

Back

Atom.

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What does it mean to repel?

Back

To push away.

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What is true about the relationship between electricity and magnetic fields?

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Electricity always creates a magnetic field.

Front

Which material is magnetic?

Back

Iron.

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What is a magnet?

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An object that produces a magnetic field.

Front

What are the two poles of a magnet called?

Back

North pole and South pole.

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What happens when you bring two like poles of a magnet together?

Back

They repel each other.

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What happens when you bring two opposite poles of a magnet together?

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They attract each other.

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What is an electromagnet?

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A type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current.