Magnetic Field Vocabulary with Honors Set

to pull objects toward one another

• Avert

• Attract

• Distract

• Repel

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to change from one type to another

• alter
• modify
• transform
• convert

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

• permanent magnet
• ferromagnet
• diamagnet
• electromagnet

the ability to make things move or change

• force

• energy

• work

• motion

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a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• force
• friction
• velocity
• energy

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to separate or set apart

• isolate

• interfere

• force

• energy

the energy that an object has because it is moving

• kinetic energy
• potential energy
• thermal energy
• electrical energy

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the space around a magnet in which magnetic forces can act on objects

• magnetic field
• magnetic force
• magnetic pull
• magnetic effect

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a line that connects opposite magnetic poles and represents the strength and direction of the magnetic field

• Magnetic field line
• Magnetic pole line
• Magnetic connection line
• Magnetic force line

one of the two opposite ends of a magnet

• magnetic field

• magnetic pole

• south

• north