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Magnetic Poles - Examples

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• Where the compass points
• Magnets
• Monopoles
• Magnetic force field

Magnetic Poles

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The north pole of a compass will point toward any south pole and away from any north pole.
What must lie underneath the Earth's North Pole?

How confusing!

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Here are some common shapes.

Magnets repel each other when like poles are lined up.

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Cut a bar magnet to isolate its poles.

(click on picture)

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Cut a bar magnet to isolate its poles.

(click on picture)

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Cut a bar magnet to isolate its poles.

New north and south poles appear on the pieces.

(click on picture)

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Here is the magnetic field of a bar magnet.
A lines-of-force model is easier to draw.

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