Magnetism

• Magnet

  An object that attracts magnetic objects/materials
• Magnet

  • Exerts a force without contact
  • Attracts
  • Repels
• Magnet actions

  • Attract
  • Repel
  • Exert force without contact
• Field lines show the direction of force of a north pole
• Induced magnetism


  When you put a magnetic material inside a magnetic field, this will always produce an attractive force
• The magnetic field lines around the bar magnet are closed loops.
• A compass needle is attracted to the north end of the magnet, indicating that it experiences a force towards the south pole of the magnet.
• When two magnets are brought close together, they attract or repel depending on their poles.