Magnet Vocabulary

Define compass .

• a device with a magnified needle that can spin freely

• a magnet made from a material that easily loses its magnetism

• a magnet made of material that keeps its magnetism for a long time

• a magnet created by wrapping a current-carrying wire around a ferromagnetic core

Define permanent magnet .

• a device with a magnified needle that can spin freely

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

• a magnet made of material that keeps its magnetism for a long time

• includes iron, nickel, and cobalt- elements that have an especially strong attraction to magnets

Define magnetic domain .

• to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another

• a grouping of atoms that have their magnetic fields lined up in the same direction

• any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

• a magnetic force

Define electromagnet .

• a grouping of atoms that have their magnetic fields lined up in the same direction

• a magnet made of material that keeps its magnetism for a long time

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

• a magnet created by wrapping a current-carrying wire around a ferromagnetic core

Define temporary magnet .

• to pull to or draw toward oneself or itself

• a magnet made from a material that easily loses its magnetism

• to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another

• any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

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Define magnetism .

• a magnetic force

• any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

• a grouping of atoms that have their magnetic fields lined up in the same direction

• any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

Define magnetic field lines .

• a magnetic force

• includes iron, nickel, and cobalt- elements that have an especially strong attraction to magnets

• a grouping of atoms that have their magnetic fields lined up in the same direction

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

Define magnet .

• a magnet created by wrapping a current-carrying wire around a ferromagnetic core

• a magnet made from a material that easily loses its magnetism

• any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

• to pull to or draw toward oneself or itself

Define ferromagnetic element .

• a grouping of atoms that have their magnetic fields lined up in the same direction

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

• the region around a magnet where the magnetic force is exerted

• includes iron, nickel, and cobalt- elements that have an especially strong attraction to magnets

Define magnetic force .

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

• the attraction or repulsion force produced when magnetic poles interact

• a magnet made from a material that easily loses its magnetism

• a device with a magnified needle that can spin freely

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