Question

Boojho dipped a bar magnet in a heap of iron filings and pulled it out. He found that iron filings got stuck to the magnet as shown in the following figure.

1. Which regions of the magnet have more iron filings sticking to it?
2. What are these regions called?

Answer 1

1. The strength of the magnet is concentrated at its ends so that the poles will have more filings on them.
2. These regions are termed as ‘South pole’ and ‘North pole’.