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Understanding Magnetism
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1. If magnetism did not exist, what fundamental things would be missing from life?
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2. What is a lodestone and what were some of its supposed powers?
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3. What was the first practical application of the lodestone?
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3. What did William Gilbert discover about pounding hot iron? About the direction of a floating needle and the nature of the earth
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5. What is the fundamental source of all magnetism?
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6. Why are most materials nonmagnetic? What makes a material magnetic?
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6. Why are most materials nonmagnetic? What makes a material magnetic?
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7. How does the Earth’s magnetic field protect us?
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8. What are the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis?
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9. The Earth has had the same magnetic alignment for about 700,000 years—what happens to the
Earth’s alignment through history? What causes this change?
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9. The Earth has had the same magnetic alignment for about 700,000 years—what happens to the
Earth’s alignment through history? What causes this change?
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10. What might happen to our current magnetic field around the earth and what would be the consequences?
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11. What is biomagnetism and how does this help animals?
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12. What did Cornell research scientists discover when magnets were attached to pigeons’ heads?
What special ability do spiny lobsters have?
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12. What did Cornell research scientists discover when magnets were attached to pigeons’ heads?
What special ability do spiny lobsters have?
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13. Is their magnetic material in living organisms like bacteria and humans?
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14. Who was Antoine Mesmer and what were some of his theories?
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15. How does an MRI work?
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16. What did HC Oersted discover when a current was passed through a wire by a compass?
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17. What did Faraday discover about passing a bar magnet through a coil.
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18. Magnets and modern technology?
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18. Magnets and modern technology?
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19. Explain what light is really made from
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20. Explain how MagLev works?
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21. Explain how magnets can help make nuclear fusion possible?
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22. Explain how magnets are used at Fermi Lab
