18 - Understanding Magnets

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18 - Understanding Magnets

Title

Understanding Magnets

Reading Text

Magnets are special stones or pieces of metal. They can pull some metals, like iron, towards them. Every magnet has two ends called poles. One is the North Pole and the other is the South Pole. If you put two North Poles together, they push each other away. This is called repelling. If you put a North Pole and a South Pole together, they pull together. This is called attracting. We use magnets in many places. They hold pictures on our refrigerators. We also use them in compasses to find directions. Magnets are very useful tools.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: To pull something closer.
Text: To push something away.
Text: An object that can pull iron.
Text: The ends of a magnet.
Text: A hard material like iron or gold.

Items:

Label: Attract
Answer: A
Label: Repel
Answer: B
Label: Magnet
Answer: C
Label: Poles
Answer: D
Label: Metal
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: A
After: can pick up nails because they are made of iron.
Answer: magnet
Before: North and South are the names of the
After: .
Answer: poles
Before: Opposite poles will
After: each other.
Answer: attract
Before: Two North poles will
After: each other.
Answer: repel
Before: Iron is a common type of
After: .
Answer: metal