Magnet Vocabulary

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

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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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Define magnetic field .

• the attraction or repulsion force produced when magnetic poles interact

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

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

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

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Define attract .

• to pull to or draw toward oneself or itself

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

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

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

Define repel .

• a visual tool used to represent magnetic fields

• 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

• a device with a magnified needle that can spin freely

to draw to a magnet

• repel

• levitate

• like

• attract

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Area around a magnet where its magnetic force exists

• magnetic attraction

• superconductor

• magnetic field

• electromagnet

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A magnet created by running an electric current through it

• temporary magnet

• superconductor

• permanent magnet

• electromagnet

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Which of the following is true of all magnets?

• They are man-made.

• They are made of iron.

• They have two poles and a magnetic field.

• They are magnetic only when an electric charge goes through them.

If you have two magnets and you try to put the two north poles together, what will most likely happen?

• The two poles will not touch each other because of magnetic repulsion.

• The magnets will stick together because of magnetic attraction.

• The two poles will touch but not stick together.

• The magnets will lose their magnetism.

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