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It's impossible for a single magnetic pole to exist in nature,
without the other one being also present.
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How do magnets attract and don't attract?
Magnets have a positive pole and a negative pole. Magnets attract positive to negative, and do not attract if you try to put postive to positive or negative to negative.
Why do magnets not always attract?
Magnets may not always attract if the opposite ends are not towards each other. For a magnet to work, the possitive end has to attract the negative end and visa versa. Failure of these ends meeting means the magnets will not work.
Why don't fridge magnets stick to each other?
The reason why they don't stick together is because magnets have a positive and negative charge. if you put a positive charge side together with another positive side it won't stick because they are the same charge. if they are opposites they will stick.
How are electrons kept in an atom?
a proton in at atom has a positive charge + and an electron has a negative charge - and they attract one another like magnets
How do you explain why a magnet will not attract to a plastic paper clip?
When you place magnets on a pencil they will usually not touch each other, this is because of their magnetism. It means you've placed the magnets on sides similar to each other; a magnet has two sides, a positive and a negative. If you place a positive with a negative, they stick together, but when you place a positive with a positive, or a negative with a negative, then they will push against each other. And since the magnets on the pencil have little room to move, when they push against each other they don't touch, and they seem to float.
What is it called when molecules act like magnets with negative and positive ends?
Ionic.
How do magnets attract and don't attract?
Magnets have a positive pole and a negative pole. Magnets attract positive to negative, and do not attract if you try to put postive to positive or negative to negative.
Does energy flow positive to negative or negative to positive with magnets?
positive to a negative
Why can magnets attract an object?
magnets have negative and positive charges
Why do batteries have a positive and negative side?
they do because like magnets we have negative and positive ,negative and negative repel and vise verse but positive and negative attract
How can you make two magnets repel each other?
EX: ++ and -- (positive positive and negative negative)
Do positive and negative magnets attract or positive and positive or negative and negative?
polar opposites attract. that's where the phrase "opposites attract" comes from.AnswerThere are no such things as 'positive' or 'negative' magnets, other than in the minds of magnetic therapists who seem to have very little scientific knowledge of magnetism! Magnetic poles, not magnets, are named after the directions in which the point when freely suspended -i.e. north and south.
How do two water molecules compare to two magnets?
They connect positive to negative just like magnets do.
How do magnets move?
magnets have to different sides. the negative and the positive. if you put the positive against the positive then the two will repel. but if you put the negative with the positive then they will attract and will stick together. it is all part of science kid. you will learn it in 4th grade. well at least i did......:)
When positive and negative charges what happens?
if you are using magnets, they stick together.
A magnet has both a positive side and a negative side. can you just have a magnet that is positive?
No, no matter what, magnets have poles. In other words, magnets will always have a positive and negative side. If you cut you magnet in half, those two new magnets will both have + and - sides. Do this infinity times until you have a magnet 1 atom thick. The atom will still have a positive and negative pole. Hope this helps.
How are the ends of a magnet like a proton and an electron?
Hypothetically speaking, you could say the positive end is like a proton as they both sport positive charges and vice versa with the negative end and electrons. Also, as electrons create electromagnetic fields of their own, that can also be compared to magnets as magnets have magnetic fields.
