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Unlike magnetic poles placed near each other:

Answer: attract each other.

  • A attract each other
  • B repel each other
  • C do nothing at all
  • D cancel out

Correct answer: A. attract each other

Explanation: A north pole and a south pole attract each other.

Magnetic field lines of a bar magnet, emerging from the north pole and curving round to enter the south pole outside the magnet

Magnetic field of a bar magnet: field lines emerge from the north pole and re-enter at the south pole outside the magnet, forming continuous closed loops. Image: Geek3, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Bar magnets, Earth's magnetism, and how different materials respond to an external magnetic field - diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic behaviour.

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