Question

. George holds a magnet above a pile of paper clips. The paper clips move toward the magnet and stick to it before the magnet actually touches it. A magnet is surrounded by _______, which applies a push or a pull to an object without actually touching it.

Answer 1

Magnetic fields surround magnets. They attract or repel, depending on the charge of the object in it.

Answer 2

Your answer is a magnetic field

why because

A magnet is surrounded by a magnetic field, which applies a push or a pull to an object without actually touching it. The magnetic field also surrounds the electric current that creates it.