To determine the direction of the magnetic field at any point, you can use the right-hand rule. Point your thumb in the direction of the current flow, and your fingers will curl in the direction of the magnetic field.
A magnetic reversal is when the Earth's magnetic field changes direction, which has happened multiple times in the planet's history.
When a charged particle moves perpendicular to a magnetic field, it experiences a magnetic force that acts perpendicular to both the particle's velocity and the magnetic field direction. This force can cause the charged particle to move in a circular path due to the magnetic field's influence on its direction of motion.
Yes, a magnetic field exists around every object that has a magnetic property.
The reversal of Earth's magnetic field is believed to be caused by changes in the flow of molten iron in the outer core of the planet. As the flow patterns change, the magnetic field weakens and can eventually flip in direction. This process is thought to occur every few hundred thousand years on average.
A magnetic compass uses the poles of our planet to stay in alignment. A Gyroscopic compass is set to a particular direction and tends to try to stay that way. After time, even the best Gyro will start to precess (move). This means the you will need to compare your Gyro to the magnetic every 15 minutes or so. Some modern gyroscopic compasses are capable of auto resetting to do this update automatically
Every (about) 500,000 years, there is a magnetic reversal, which causes the poles to flip. The north becomes the south, and the south becomes the north. The true north is based on direction, not magnetic orientation.
If the current direction in the wire changes from going up to going down, the direction of the magnetic field around the wire will reverse. This is governed by the right-hand rule, where the direction of the magnetic field is perpendicular to the direction of current flow. Overall, the magnitude of the magnetic field would remain the same, but its direction would be opposite.
neither it follows air currents all which and every way every direction
A magnetic reversal is when the Earth's magnetic field changes direction, which has happened multiple times in the planet's history.
The earth maintains a magnetic field due to the metals that make up its core. Thus, all rocks are influenced by this magnetic field and "face" the direction the field is "facing". Every few hundred million years the poles switch, and with it the magnetic field. Similarly, all rocks "face" the new direction. Magnetic strips are indicators of when the magnetic field of the Earth changed.
The theory that every molecule of a magnetic substance is a tiny magnet is known as the domain theory. In this theory, magnetic materials are made up of small regions called domains, where each domain consists of multiple atoms with their magnetic moments aligned in the same direction.
The Earth magnetic field changes approximately every 200,000 thousand years.
If a magnet doesn't stick to a material, that means that the material is non-magnetic. Every individual atom is a magnet, but in a magnetic material, there are groups of atoms (called "magnetic domains") that have their magnetic directions aligned. An outside magnetic field in such materials will align some of the magnetic domains in the direction of the magnetic field.
When a charged particle moves perpendicular to a magnetic field, it experiences a magnetic force that acts perpendicular to both the particle's velocity and the magnetic field direction. This force can cause the charged particle to move in a circular path due to the magnetic field's influence on its direction of motion.
Every 100,000 years or so, the Earths magnetic field shifts direction. North becomes south, south becomes north.
The domains are still there, but they point every which way, so the net combined magnetic field of all of them no longer has any preferred direction.
The magnetic fields produced by each and atom is not aligned in the same direction and have random direction and thus they cancel each others magnetic field and thus the iron does not behave like a magnet