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Magnets (vocab only)
Maryvale, Mrs. Mink; PENGUINS
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6th Grade
11/14/2006

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v magnet
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v Any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron.
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v magnetic force
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v The attraction or repultion between magnetic poles.
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v magnetic field
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v The area of magnetic force around a magnet.
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v magnetic field lines
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v Invisible lines that map out the magnetic field around the magnet.
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v magnetic poles
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the two ends on ANY magnet(no matter what it's shape) has these two ends.
(NORTH and SOUTH)
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v atom
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v The smallest particle of an element that contains properties of the element.
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v protons
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v A particle that carries a POSITIVE charge.(found in the nucleus of an atom)
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v electrons
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v Particle that carries NEGATIVE charge.(scattered around the nucleus of an atom)
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v neutrons
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v Partice that has NO CHARGE.(found in the nucleus of an atom)
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v nucleus
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v Center region of any atom.(contains PROTONS and NEUTRONS)
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v temporary magnet
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v A magnet made from a material that easily loses it's magnetism
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v permanent magnet
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v A magnet made from material that keeps it's magnetism.
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v compass
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v A device that has a magnetized needle that spins freely and usually points NORTH.
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v magnetic declination
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v The angle between the NORTH to which a compass points, and GEOGRAPHIC NORTH.
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v Van Allen Belts
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v Two doughnut shaped regions above the Earth, contains PROTONS and ELECTRONS traveling at high speeds.
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v solar wind
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v Streams of electrically charged particles traveling at high speeds from the sun, that push against and surround Earth's MAGNETOSPHERE
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v magnetosphere
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v The region of Earth's magnetic field, shaped by solar wind.
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v aurora
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v A glowing region produced by te interaction of charged particles from the sun and atoms from the atmosphere.
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v aurora
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v A glowing region produced by te interaction of charged particles from the sun and atoms from the atmosphere.
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v ferromagnetic material
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v Material that shows strong magnetic properties.
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