Around a magnet is a region called the magnetic field. This is the region in which one magnet can influence another magnet or a magnetic material.

In this topic you need to know about the following: -

  • How magnetic fields are strongest at the poles and weakest in the middle.
  • What causes attraction and repulsion with magnets.
  • How the Earth acts as a magnet.
  • What electromagnets are and how to create them.
  • How we can use electromagnets.

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