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A: Imagine a large pole being shoved into the earth and come out the other end. This is called the earth's axis. It's an imaginary rod that the earth spins around once a day. at the top of the earth is the north pole while the bottom of the earth is the south pole.
The North Police is also called the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole.

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The ends of a magnet are called what?

a pole


What is the end of a magnet called?

A pole. They are called the north pole and south pole. The north pole of a magnet is defined as the pole that, when the magnet is freely suspended, points towards the Earth's North Magnetic Pole in the Arctic.


What are north and south ends of a magnet called?

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What is the middle of a magnet called?

pole. the middle part of a magnet is the pole. :)


The strongest parts of the magnet are called the?

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What nsp is the end of a magnet that points north?

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Why are the poles of a magnet called N and S?

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Which pole north or south of a compass magnet is attracted to Earht's magnetic north pole?

The north pole of the magnet is the one that points north. The Earth magentic pole that is near the north pole is traditionally called the "magnetic north pole", but if you consider Earth as a magnet, it is really the SOUTH pole, since the north pole of a magnet is attracted to it.


What is the charge of a magnet's north pole?

We all know that the magnet has north and south poles, but there is no charge for any pole of them. We say north and south in magnetism, positive and negative in electrostatic.


What is The part of a magnet that points north is called?

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What is the north and south ends of a magnet called?

The north and south ends of a magnet are called poles. The north pole is attracted to the south pole, and vice versa, creating a magnetic field.


What do you call the ends of mangets?

The ends of a magnet are called the poles. There are two types of poles: the north pole, which attracts the south pole of another magnet, and the south pole, which attracts the north pole of another magnet.

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