Magnets Flipbook

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Created By: Kristyn Copeland

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Magnets Flipbook: Cut out each piece on the two pages and staple together to form a flipbook. Use the information provided in the book to answer the questions on the last page.

What is a magnet?

Name: ______________

Created By: Kristyn Copeland

A magnet is any object that pulls certain metals toward it.

All magnets have a two poles- a north pole and a south pole. Magnetic poles are at the ends of a magnet and are the areas of the magnet where the force of attraction is the strongest. This force of attraction is also known as magnetism. Magnetism is a magnet’s ability to attract certain metals.

Magnets attract, or pull toward them, different types of metals. The two most common types of metal that magnets attract are iron and nickel.

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Directions: Use your flipbook to answer the following questions.

1. A _____________ is any object that can pull certain materials toward it. 2. What rock found in nature is a magnet? _________________________ 3. What are two common metals that magnets attract?

________________________ _________________________ 4. What will happen if you put the north pole of one magnet near the north

pole of another magnet? ______________________________ 5. _________________ is a magnet’s ability to attract other metals and

magnets toward it. 6. What are two of the most common types of magnets? ___________________ ________________________ 7. What happens to make the Earth act like a giant bar magnet?

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Magnetism is a magnet’s ability to either attract or repel other objects. When a magnet attracts another object, it pulls it toward it. Magnets can attract other magnets. When opposite poles (north and south) of two magnets are put together, they will attract. Magnets can also repel each other. When they repel, they push away from each other. This is what happens when you put like poles together (ex. a south pole and a south pole).

Two of the most commonly used magnets are the horseshoe magnet and the bar magnet. Each of these magnets have a north pole and a south pole.

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horeshoe magnet

Lodestone is a rock that is found in nature that is a magnet. The Earth also acts like one big bar magnet. The Earth’s core is a ball of melted iron. When the Earth spins, the iron is magnetized.

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1. A ___magnet__ is any object that can pull certain materials toward it. 2. What rock found in nature is a magnet? _lodestone_____ 3. What are two common metals that magnets attract?

______iron_________ _________nickel________ 4. What will happen if you put the north pole of one magnet near the north

pole of another magnet? ______they will repel_______ 5. ___magnetism___ is a magnet’s ability to attract other metals and magnets

toward it. 6. What are two of the most common types of magnets? _______bar_____ ________horseshoe_________ 7. What happens to make the Earth act like a giant bar magnet?

_______________ The Earth’s core is a ball of melted iron. When the Earth spins, the iron is magnetized. ________________

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