Unit 5: Magnetic Fields Vocab

To pull objects toward one another

• repel

• attract

• potential energy

• kenetic energy

to push objects away from each other

• repel

• attract

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

one of the two opposite ends of a magnet

• model

• magnetic pole

• variable

• magnetic field

something that can be changed and may be measured

• variable

• isolate

• system

• model

to separate or set apart

• model

• system

• variable

• isolate

an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• isolate

• system

• model

• variable

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• system

• isolate

• model

• variable

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

• magnetic field

• magnetic field line

• refute

• magnetic pole

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

• magnetic pole

• magnetic field line

• refute

• magnetic field

to provide evidence that goes against a claim

• isolate

• energy

• refute

• convert