A student is investigating with magnets. She places one end of a bar magnet near the end of another bar magnet. The diagram shows her investigation. The student claims that the two magnets have a magnetic field that exists between them. What will occur that will support the student's claim?
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The magnets will repel each other as the closest poles have opposite charges.
The magnets will repel each other as the closest poles have like charges.
The magnets will be attracted to each other as the closest poles have like charges.
The magnets will be attracted to each other as the closest poles have opposite charges.
The magnets will repel each other as the closest poles have like charges.
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I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. The correct answer is:
The magnets will be attracted to each other as the closest poles have opposite charges.
The correct answer is: "The magnets will be attracted to each other as the closest poles have opposite charges."
To understand why this is the correct answer, we need to know about the concept of magnetic poles. Magnets have two poles, commonly referred to as the North (N) pole and the South (S) pole. Like electric charges, magnetic poles also have opposite charges that attract each other and like charges that repel each other.
In the given diagram, we can see that the N (North) pole of one magnet is placed near the S (South) pole of the other magnet. According to the nature of magnetic poles, opposite charges attract each other. Therefore, the two magnets will be attracted to each other.
To support the student's claim, we can predict that the magnets will pull towards each other due to the force of attraction between opposite magnetic poles.