Question

State four important properties of a magnet.

Answer 1

Four important properties of a bar magnet:

1. A magnet attracts magnetic substances (like iron, steel, cobalt, nickel) towards itself.
2. When a magnet is suspended freely, it points in north-south direction.
3. Similar poles of magnets repel each other, opposite poles of magnets attract each other.
4. When a magnet is broken, then each piece is a complete magnet.