Magnets can Attract or Repel Each Other

Shape of magnets              
                                                                                     rod magnet

     

                                                       South pole                 North pole 

There are two types of magnets, natural magnets and man-made magnets.

Like poles of magnets repel each other

Unlike poles of magnets attract each other

when you break a bar magnet into two, you do not separate the North poles from the south poles. You will instead get two new magnets.

Magnets will lose their magnetism if:

1.dropped

2.heated

3.knocked

We should keep a magnet properly after use to avoid it losing its magnetism.