click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Magnet Study Guide
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Force | A Push or pull on an object that causes it to move |
Attract | pull towards something |
Repel | To push away or apart |
Poles | The two ends of a magnet. Every magnet has a North and South Pole, just like the globe! |
Magnetic Field | the area around the magnet |
Unlike Poles attract | n+s |
opposite poles Repel | s+s X n+n X these don't work |
Magnets attract objects cntaining | IRON or STEEL and some other METALS |
Magnets are NOT attracted to object made of | WOOD, PLASTIC and some other METALS (ex. Aluminum, brass, copper) |
Magnets can attract objects through such things like | PAPER, CLOTH, WATER. Think about the class experiments |
There are different kinds of magnets, such as | horseshoe, bar and circle magnets |
Some ways magnets are used | can opener, toys (hook trains together) Credit cards, on refrigerators |