Science Key Terms
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- compass
- divice with a magnetic needle that spins freely
- atom
- smallest part of an element
- tempary magnet
- a magnet that easily loses its magnetism
- protron
- partical that carries a positive charge
- neutron
- partical that doesn't carry a charge
- magnetosphere
- area of the magnetic feild that is shaped by solar wind
- magnetic feild
- area of magnetic foce around a magnet
- perminate magnet
- a magnet that keeps its magetism
- magnet
- any materal that attracts or contains iron
- solar wind
- stream of electricly charged particals that come from the sun
- Van Allen Belts
- doughnut shaped regions far above the earth
- magnetic declination
- the angle between geographic and magnetic north, depends on your location
- aurora
- glowing region of the solar wind particals
- magnetic force
- attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles
- element
- substance that makes up matter
- magnetic feild lines
- invisible lines that map out the magnetic feild
- ferromagnetic materal
- materal that shows strong magnetic properties
- magnetic pole
- the N and S ends of a magnet
- magnetic domain
- group of atoms that are alligned by magnetic feilds, repersented by arrows
- electron
- partical that carries an electric charge
- nucleus
- center region of a atom