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Magnetic Fields and Poles | GCSE Physics Practice

A magnetic field is the region around a magnet where a force acts on another magnet or magnetic material.

Can you use a plotting compass to find the field shape?

What is Magnetic Fields and Poles | Practice?

"A region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts."

Question 1

Magnetic field lines always point from ____.

Question 2

Where is the magnetic field of a bar magnet strongest?

Question 3

Which of these is NOT a magnetic material?

Magnetism Basics

Like poles repel; unlike poles attract.

Magnetic materials: Iron, Steel, Cobalt, Nickel.

Field lines point North to South.

Exam Tip

Drawing Fact: Field lines never cross. They are closest together where the field is strongest (at the poles).

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