Science quiz, lesson, 13 Flashcards
What is a Magnetosphere what is a
The giant magnetic field surrounding the Earth
What is a Magnetic moment
What an atom experience when it becomes magnetized by two spinning electrons
What is a Inclinometer
A device and a compass that measures the tilt of the needle
What is a magnet?
Any object that attracts and repels certain metals
What is a Magnetic field
Magnetic field The region around a magnet that produces a magnetic force
What does it mean to be Magnetic
It is what we call objects that are attracted to magnets.
What does it mean to be Electromagnetic
It is A temporary magnet, where the magnet field is generated by an electric current and disappears when the current is turned off
A tiny area on a magnets made of billion of tiny magnets
Domains
What we call substance that are slightly attracted by magnetic fields
Paramagnetic
A black rock made of of iron and oxygen
Magnetite
What happens when a magnetic field of magnet causes a wire, carrying and electric current to move
Motor effect
What we call metals that are strongly attracted to magnets
Ferromagnetic
A name for magnetIte meaning, leading stone
Loadstone
Advice people used to find their way when they’re traveling
Compass
What is a diamagnetic substance?
A substance that repels a magnet because of the electrons magnetic moments cancel out each other’s magnetic moments
