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What is the origin of the word magnet?
What is the origin of the word magnet?
Who is credited with the discovery that moving charges or electric currents produce magnetic fields?
Who is credited with the discovery that moving charges or electric currents produce magnetic fields?
What is the direction of the magnetic field pointing on the earth?
What is the direction of the magnetic field pointing on the earth?
What do we call the tip of a freely suspended bar magnet that points to the geographic north?
What do we call the tip of a freely suspended bar magnet that points to the geographic north?
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What type of force is observed when north poles of two magnets are brought close together?
What type of force is observed when north poles of two magnets are brought close together?
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Origin of the word 'magnet'
Origin of the word 'magnet'
The name of an island in Greece where magnetic ore deposits were found.
Who discovered the relationship between electric currents and magnetic fields?
Who discovered the relationship between electric currents and magnetic fields?
Oersted discovered that moving charges or electric currents produce magnetic fields.
Direction of Earth's magnetic field
Direction of Earth's magnetic field
From geographic south to north.
What is the North Pole of a magnet?
What is the North Pole of a magnet?
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What happens when two north poles are brought close together?
What happens when two north poles are brought close together?
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