Magnet - Group 4 6/3
Type of Magnet
Subtopic
Comes to rest
When North-South poles were suspended freely
Are used in
everyday things
such as
Magnetic Compas
Refrigarator
Phones
Attract
When unlike poles face each other
Magnetic material
Steel
Iron
If there is no magnets the world
The earth will stop protecting us
magnetic fields woul stop
We could starve to death
We could die in a painful way
Sizes
Comes in
Differents
Shapes
Have
Two poles-North and South pole
Does magnet attract water ?
Repel
When like poles face each other
Making Your own magnets
Making a magnet. Two options
Electrical Method
Coil an iron nail with a wire many times
Connect wire to a battery. Electromagnet is made
Stoke Method
Stroke an iron nail with 1 pole of magnet in the same direction