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Use a compass. It will point to a magnet's south pole.
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How do bar magnets work?
Same as how the North Pole and South Pole works.
Do bar magnets have a north and South pole?
Yes. All magnets of north and south poles. There is no such thing as a magnetic monopole.
Why do magnets always align in N-S direction?
Magnets always align in N-S direction because the earth itself behaves lika a huge bar magnet. The north pole of the bar magnet attracts the geographical south pole and the south pole attracts the geographical north pole. That is why magnets always align in N-S direction.
A bar magnet if cut in half consists of two magnets each with one south and one north pole this is evidence that the atoms of a magnet are like?
small magnets lined up north to south
How do magnets help explorers?
Magnets are used in compasses because if a magnet can move freely, its north pole will always swing round to point towards the Earth's North Pole. Then, you know which way is north, making a compass a very useful tool. You can test this out by hanging a bar magnet on a piece of string.
The orientation of two bar magnets that would attract each other and two bar magnets that would repel each other?
Yes, because the keepers are made up of iron, when the magnet is in contact with it they become temporary magnet. Keepers also have a useful safety function as they stop external metal being attracted to the magnet.
What is the color given on the two ends of the magnet bar?
Colours of magnets can differ, but usually the north pole is marked as red and the south pole is marked as either black or blue.
If you place opposite poles of two magnets facing each other what will happen?
When the opposite poles of two bar magnets are facing each other, they will attract. When magnets have the same pole facing each other, they will repel.
What ar magnets made from?
Magnets are made from a rock called magnetite. For example we will take a bar magnet it is made up of tiny bar magnets, they are called magnetic domains. Magnetic domains only exist in special kinds of metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt. Other metals like aluminium or copper don't have magnetic domains. Magnets have south poles and north poles. For example a south pole will only attract a north pole of another magnet and a south pole will repel the south pole of another magnet. The science of this is that like poles repel and unlike poles attract. The earth is a complete magnet and is the largest magnet in the world. It is complete with a north pole and a south pole.
When you break a magnet in half how many poles do the pieces have?
A bar magnet has two poles, a north and a south. When you break a bar magnet into to pieces, you create two bar magnets, each with a north and a south pole. So the total number of poles will then be four.
What is the use of magnets in a credit card?
The ­stripe on the back of a credit card is a magnetic stripe, often called a magstripe. The magstripe can be "written" because the tiny bar magnets can be magnetized in either a north or south pole direction.
What is the proper name for the ends of magnets?
The ends of a bar magnet are generally called the north and south poles. However they are more accurately known as the North Attracting pole and the South Attracting pole as the respective ends of the magnet are drawn to the Earths north and south poles.
