Vocabulary - What Is A Magnet
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STUDENT RESOURCE 1.1
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magnet a material that attracts steel,
magnetite a mineral that is naturally
iron, cobalt, and nickel
magnetic
Magnets come in many shapes and
Magnetite contains iron and is a
sizes. Materials that contain iron, steel,
weak magnet. Early explorers used
nickel, and cobalt are attracted to, or
magnetite to fi nd north. Magnetite is
pulled toward, a magnet. Magnets also
sometimes called lodestone.
attract the mineral magnetite and other
magnets. Materials that are attracted to
a magnet are described as magnetic.
MAGNETS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM • SECTION 1 WHAT IS A MAGNET?
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