As the earth has two poles - the North and South Pole, magnets have two magnetic poles, also called the North and South Pole. The forces of a magnet are strongest at their poles.
Repel & Attract
Like poles Repel; Opposite poles attract
When both of the north poles of two magnets are facing each other, the magnets push away from each other, because they repel each other. The same thing happens when both south poles are facing each other. But when a north pole and a south pole of another magnet face each other then they come together, they attract.
Break it in half
Every magnet has a north and south pole. If you break a magnet in half each half will still behave like a complete magnet with both north and south poles, no matter how many times you break it in half there will never be a single pole, even when your piece is one atom thick there are two poles. Therefore atoms are magnets. This happens because of the perfectly aligned Magnetic Domains all magnets have.
North & South
If you suspend a magnet from its center it will act like a compass, the north part of the magnet will always seek the north pole of our earth and the south pole will always seek the south pole of our earth. These are called the north seeking pole and the south seeking pole. More simply said as the north and south poles.
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In actuality the north part of the magnet is attracted to the south pole of the earth, and the south part of the magnet is attracted to the north pole of the earth, cause the north part of a magnet can't be attracted to the north pole of the earth ( it would repel ) so its attracted to the south pole of the earth, and vice versa for the south pole of the magnet.
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