Magnetism
A piece of metal that has a magnetic field that can attract other pieces of metal
What is a magnet?
This particle in an atom has a negative electric charge
What are electrons?
Attaching a battery to a wire coiled around an iron nail, then touching the nail to a paperclip will cause this kind of force
What is an attractive force?
This tool uses a magnetized needle to determine directions
What is a compass?
This is the number of teeth that most human adults have
What is 32?
This pair of poles will create an attractive force
What are opposites?
Movement of electrons
What is electricity?
This is one way that you could increase the strength of an electromagnet
What are more coils? or larger source of electricity?
This could distract a compass from pointing in the correct direction
What is a magnetic field? or ferromagnetic material? or electric current?
This is the fastest animal in the world
What is the Peregrine falcon?
In order for a magnet to be permanent, these need to line up and stay that way
What are magnetic domains?
This particle of an atom has a positive electric charge
An atom is a mini magnet because of this
What are the moving electrons?
This material is liquid in the earth's core creating a magnetic field around the earth
This is the hardest natural substance in the world
What is a diamond?
This pair of poles will create a repulsion force
What are like poles?
What is a magnetic field?
This is a magnet created by an electric current
What is an electromagnet?
Santa Clause lives at this magnetic pole of the earth
What is the south magnetic pole?
He was the first human to step foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This is where a magnetic field is the strongest
Where are the poles?
When a negatively charged object comes in contact with a neutral object these will be transferred from the negative to the neutral
What are electrons
Passing a permamagnet through a wire coil creates electricity by forcing the electrons to move in this process
What is electromagnetic induction?
The earth's magnetic field protects us from solar winds causing this phenomenon above the poles
What is an aurora?
This is the longest river in the world
What is the Nile?