Magnetic Fields Study Guide

to pull objects toward one another.

• Attract

• Repel

• Ignore

• Scatter

to change from one type to another.

• Convert

• Transform

• Switch

• Alter

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

• Electromagnet

• Permanent magnet

• Bar magnet

• Horseshoe magnet

the ability to make things move or change.

• Energy

• Power

• Force

• Motion

to separate or set apart.

• Isolate

• Integrate

• Combine

• Unite

the energy that an object has because it is moving.

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

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

• Magnetic field

• Electric field

• Gravitational field

• Radiation zone

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

• Magnetic field line

• Electric field line

• Gravitational field line

• Current line

one of the two opposite ends of a magnet.

• Magnetic pole

• Electric charge

• Magnetic field

• Magnetic force

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

• Model

• Example

• Prototype

• Simulation