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William Gilbert, an
English physician, first
proposed in 1600 that the
earth itself is a magnet,
and he predicted that the
Earth would be found to
have magnetic poles.
What is Magnetism?
Opposites attract!
Magnetic Fields
Th e re g io n w h e re th e m a g n e tic fo rc e s
a c t is c a lle d th e m a g n e tic fie ld
University of Winnipeg ECO Kids 2011
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An unmagnetized substance
looks like this
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Sometimes, the
Earths
magnetic poles
flip. This
happens every
half-million
years or so.
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