20 Questions
MAGNETISM is a natural force that causes magnets to attract or repel certain, ______
material
LODESTONE is a black metallic ore that has the properties of attracting ______
iron
THALES OF MILETUS, a Greek philosopher in the 6th century BC, said to be the first to observe this property of ______
magnetism
MAGNESIA is a place of a large deposit of lodestones, later named for the ______
‘magnet’
ROMAN LUCRETIUS, who lived in 100BC, tried to explain magnetism through his ______ atomic theory
own
ARABIAN NIGHTS is a story of a ship that approached an island of ______ rock
magnetic
MAGNES is a story about a shepherd when he was leading his flock of sheep on the slopes of Mt.Ida where his staff can’t move at the mountain because of ______
lodestones
REPULSION is when like poles ______
repel
ATTRACTION is when unlike poles ______
attract
INDUCED MAGNETISM is temporary magnetism acquired by a magnetic material when it is placed near a ______
magnet
Prof. Hans Christian Ørsted discovers “an electric current is surrounded by a ______ field”
magnetic
the motion of the ______ field
magnetic
HANS CHRISTIAN ØRSTED = “a current carrying wire produces a ______ field”
magnetic
“a moving wire through a ______ field could cause an electric current”
magnetic
“a current produced by a ______ field is an induced current”
magnetic
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION = the production of voltage due to a change in the ______ field discovered by Michael Faraday in the 1830's
magnetic
GENERATOR = a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy DC GENERATOR = battery operated ______
generator
AC GENERATOR = plugged operated ______, also known as alternating current generator
generator
LIGHT = also known as EM wave, does not need medium/molecule to ______
travel
PHOTONS = these are bundles of wave energy, basic unit that makes up the ______, the energy of a photon is given by the equation $E=hf$
light
Test your knowledge of the historical developments and figures related to magnetism, from Thales of Miletus to Lucretius and beyond. Learn about lodestones, Arabic tales, and the ancient understanding of magnetism.
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