Magnets and Magnetism Vocabulary

An object that keeps its magnetism for a long time...

• compass

• permanent magnet

• temporary magnet

• metal

A magnet's ability to attract certain materials...

• magnetism

• magnetic fields

• metal

• iron

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

An object that loses its magnetism after a short time...

• magnet

• metal

• temporary magnet

• permanent magnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Any object that pulls other metals towards it...

• compass

• magnet

• iron

• metal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The areas of a magnet where its force of attraction is strongest...

• magnetic fields

• temporary magnet

• permanent magnet

• magnetic pole

The space around a magnet where the force of the magnet can act...

• magnetic pole

• temporary magnet

• permanent magnet

• magnetic fields

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A strong, hard, silver-gray metal that is attracted to magnets...

• iron

• metal

• compass

• temporary magnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A device that uses a free-moving magnetic needle to show direction...

• magnetic pole

• magnetic fields

• compass

• permanent magnet

temporary magnet created when there is a current in a wire coil

• solenoid

• electromagnet

• transformer

• generator

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

device that uses electromagnetic induction to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy

• turbine

• generator

• transformer

• electromagnetism

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3