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12 Cards in this Set
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What is lodestone?
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a rock that is a natural magnet
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Magnetism
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the force around a magnet
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What happens when you put unlike poles of magnets near each other?
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They will pull together.
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Compass
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a small magnet that can turn freely
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What are the northern and southern lights?
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They are charged particles from the sun that are pulled and pushed in a pattern in the sky near the earth's magnetic poles.
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magnetic field
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the space around a magnet where magnetism acts
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Where is the magnetic field the strongest on a magnet?
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At a magnet's poles
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What happens when you put like poles of a magnet near each other?
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They repel or push away from each other.
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Magnet
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anything that pulls iron, steel, and certain other metals to it.
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What is another name for the northern lights?
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aurora borealis
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What are the poles on a magnet?
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a place on a magnet whre magnetism is the strongest
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How did the Chinese use lodestone thousands of years ago?
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They discovered that if a lodestone swings freely, one end points north.
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