EARTH SCIENCE
MAGNETISM
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Question
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the magnets only attracting each other
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the magnets only repelling each other
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the magnets either attracting or repelling each other
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Like poles of a magnet attract, while the unlike poles repel each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -All magnets have north and south poles. Opposite poles are attracted to each other, while the same poles repel each other. When you rub a piece of iron along a magnet, the north-seeking poles of the atoms in the iron line up in the same direction. The force generated by the aligned atoms creates a magnetic field.
Detailed explanation-3: -Magnets don’t always stick together. If you hold two magnets the wrong way around, they push apart-they repel! In other words, if you hold two magnets together so that like-poles are close together (two norths OR two souths), they repel.
Detailed explanation-4: -When you place the north pole of one magnet near the south pole of another magnet, they are attracted to one another. When you place like poles of two magnets near each other (north to north or south to south), they will repel each other.
Detailed explanation-5: -In magnets like poles repel each other and unlike poles attract each other. So when placing the north pole of two magnets close together they will repel.