The Power of Magnets Vocabulary and Comprehension

A magnet that loses all or most of their magnetic strength quickly

• permanent magnet

• temporary magnet

• superconductor

• electromagnet

To push away from a magnet

• repel

• attract

• levitate

• like

to draw to a magnet

• repel

• levitate

• like

• attract

A magnet created by running an electric current through it

• temporary magnet

• superconductor

• permanent magnet

• electromagnet

A naturally occurring magnet: also known as lodestone

• iron

• magnetite

• cobalt

• steel

The end of the magnet that attracts the south pole and repels the north pole

• north pole

• south pole

the end of the magnet that attracts the north pole and repels the south pole.

• south pole

• north pole

Which of the following items is NOT attracted to a magnet?

• paper clip

• iron nail

• rubber band

Device that uses a magnet to point in the direction of earth's magnetic poles.

• compass

• magnetosphere

• magnetite

• electromagnet

Area around a magnet where its magnetic force exists

• magnetic attraction

• superconductor

• magnetic field

• electromagnet