Physics GCSE
Evidence for a magnetic core
What Evidence for a magnetic core means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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The consistent alignment and dip of compass needles at many places on the Earth's surface are evidence that the Earth has its own magnetic field, which is explained by a magnetic core.
Topics that use Evidence for a magnetic core
- Magnets and magnetic fields (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- attraction and repulsion
- Combining fields of multiple turns
- Dipping compass and vertical field component
- Earth's magnetic field
- Field around a bar magnet
- field pattern of a solenoid
- Field strength and current
- Field strength and distance from the conductor
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