GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A magnet can attract or repel another magnet depending on the orientation of their poles. Like poles repel and unlike poles attract each other. A magnet does not repel magnetic materials. Instead a magnet always attract magnetic materials.

Detailed explanation-2: -All magnets have north and south poles. Opposite poles are attracted to each other, while the same poles repel each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -Magnetic forces are non contact forces; they pull or push on objects without touching them. Magnets are only attracted to a few ‘magnetic’ metals and not all matter. Magnets are attracted to and repel other magnets.

Detailed explanation-4: -Magnets are objects, which can attract, or pull, on some metals, like iron and steel. If you rub a piece of steel with a strong magnet, the piece of steel will become a magnet too. It has become magnetized. Other metals, like copper or gold, are not attracted to magnets.

Detailed explanation-5: -Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole. Placing two unlike poles together causes them to attract. When you try to place two like poles together (north to north or south to south), they will repel each other. The magnets are surrounded by an invisible magnetic field that contains stored-up, or potential, energy.