Junior Cert Science - Physics - Magnetismmagnet.jpg

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Magnets can exert a force of or attraction on other magnets, and on certain .
Magnets have poles, and south. Unlike poles each other while poles repel each other.
The pole of a magnet points towards the earth's north pole.
The space around a magnet in which there is a effect is called the magnetic .
The earth behaves like a huge with a magnetic field around it.
A is a freely magnet which is affected by the earth's magnetic field.