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It already does :) The north of a compass needly is always marked, but that doesn't mean its south end isn't attracted by the south pole.. Infact the south pole attracts with equal proportions as the north pole
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, the reason for this is that opposite poles attract, similar poles repel.
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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 some magnets bounce back when you try to put them together?
A magnet has two poles, the north and the south. Opposite poles attract, meaning that a north pole will attract a south pole. Same poles repel; a north pole repels another north pole and a south pole repels another south pole. If two magnets attract each other, that pulls them together, and if they repel each other, that pushes them apart. That is the phenomenon that you observed, of magnets bouncing back when you try to put them together.
What is meant by poles of magnet . Name them?
There are 2 poles of magnet one is like pole and the other is unlike pole one has north pole in it and the other has south pole in it. South snd south pole of 2 magnets would never attract where as the same goes with north pole as well.North and south pole would always attract.
What happens when 2 south pole touch each other?
Two south poles on two magnets will repel each other. A north and a south pole on two magnets will attract each other.
What has north and south pole's?
Apart from the earth, all magnets have a north and south pole.
When do magnets attract?
Magnets attract when the south side of a magnet is facing towards the north side of another magnet. If the sides are both north or south the magnet will then repel. ( Opposites attract and Likes repel )
Does North Pole attract to south pole?
If you're talking magnets, then yes.
What does attract mean in sciencs?
It means how two things attract to each other. Such as the North and South pole of two magnets
Do magnets attract at the south pole?
no-two south poles of a magnet will move apart
What causes magnets to attract each at times and repel each other at other times?
north pole and south pole attract + south pole and north pole attract because opposites attract. two magnets repel each other when the same poles are pulling together. for example, north pole + north pole repel because they are the same.
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.
When would two horseshoe magnets attract each other?
When the north and south magnets face the opposite pole.
When to magnets are brought together the north pole of one will attract blank of the other?
South. hence "opposites attract"
Why do the magnets of a compass attract to the north pole but the bars repel?
A compass will always point to the south pole of a magnet.
When two simple magnets are brought together the north pole of one will attract no part of the other?
south pole
Can a magnet attract two irons at the same time?
Yes,magnets can attract two irons at a time.One to the south pole and other to the north pole.
What are the rules that tell whether two magnets will attract or repel?
It is when you have the pole north facing up and the pole south facing down they repel. When the pole north and south are facing up or down they attract.
