| Magnetism is a scientific term that basically states that | | | | slight pull that it is nearly impossible to detect without |
| materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on | | | | strong measuring devices. There are other objects |
| other materials. Every object is made up of atoms, | | | | that you are most certainly aware of, called magnets, |
| and because of that, they all have a charge that | | | | that make this force very apparent and easy to |
| causes other objects to be attracted or repulsed. This | | | | observe. |
| fact doesn't always seem to be apparent. For | | | | Some of the more common magnets include nickel, |
| example, the computer screen you are viewing right | | | | iron, cobalt and their alloys. These materials will always |
| now doesn't seem to be pushing you away or trying | | | | be pushing or pulling each other towards or away |
| to pull you in. That said, many objects have such a | | | | from themselves. |