IntroductionMagnets have been around for hundreds of thousands of years and have been used by many different cultures throughout that time. Magnets have been useful over the years because they can hold two things together simply by the strength of the metal in the magnet. With the constant evolution of world technology, electromagnets have evolved from magnets and are more useful than a regular magnet, but for an electromagnet to work, an electric current must be present (http:/ /saxonhomeschool.hmhco.com/ha/Resources/saxonhomeschool/Holt_ST_PhysSci_Samp.pdf). The following questions that need to be addressed when learning about magnets and electromagnets are:1. What is a magnet?2. What is the cause of magnetism?2. What are the different types of magnets?3. What are the advantages of magnets?4. What is an electromagnet?5. How are electromagnets used today? What is a magnet? A magnet, defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is classified as "a piece of iron (or ore, alloy or another material) whose component atoms are ordered such that the material exhibits magnetic properties, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field” (insert citation for Google). This definition says that a magnet contains a magnetic field and that it can attract other objects with similar properties to that magnet so that they match one another, creating a constant grip. Magnets were discovered more than 2,000 years ago when the Greeks found a mineral that bonded to similar iron objects. This mineral was discovered in a town called Magnesia, which is why the Greeks called it magnetite (insert Saxon quote). What is the cause of magnetism? "Some magnets can peak...... middle of paper ......sources /HighSchool/Magnetism/magnetdomain.htm>.9. “Magnets and electromagnets”. Hyper physique. SSG, nd Web. 23 September 2013. .10. "Questions and answers - What is an electromagnet?." Questions and answers - What is an electromagnet?. .11. Sandner, Lionel. What is Electromagnetism? New York: Crabtree Pub., 2012. "Solenoids." Sumalla, Albert. Supercharged Science Projects: Magnets and Electric Current. New York: Barron's, 1994. “Uses of Electromagnets.” RSS.. 2013. .