Question

Question
Which statement best describes a bar magnet that has been broken into two pieces?(4 points)
Responses

Each piece has both a north and a south pole.
Each piece has both a north and a south pole.

Both pieces have lost their magnetic poles.
Both pieces have lost their magnetic poles.

Both pieces have a north pole only.
Both pieces have a north pole only.

One piece has a north pole only, and the other piece has a south pole only.

Answer 1

Each piece has both a north and a south pole.

Explanation: Magnetic poles come from aligned magnetic domains; when you break a bar magnet, each fragment forms its own dipole. Isolated magnetic monopoles have not been observed in ordinary materials.