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    Briefly explain an activity to plot the magnetic field lines around a bar magnet Sketch the field pattern for the same specifying field directions. A region A has magnetic field lines relatively closer than another region B. Which region has stronger magnetic field. Give reason to support your answer.

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                 1. Take a drawing sheet and fix it on a smooth table with adhesive tape. 2. Place a bar magnet in the middle of the drawing sheet and draw its boundary with a sharp pencil. 3. Place a magnetic compass near one end of the magnet (N-pole) and mark the positions of the two ends (N and S-poles) of the compass needle using a sharp pencil. 4. Shift the compass from this position and place it in such a way that S-pole of its needle is on the point you marked in previous step for N-pole. 5. Again mark the position of the other end (N-pole) of the compass needle. 6. Repeat the steps 4 and 5, till you reach the other end (S-pole) of the bar magnet. 7. Join all the points with a sharp pencil to get a smooth curve. 8. Put the compass at some other points near the N-pole of the magnet and draw another - magnetic field lines. Similarly, draw many field lines on both the sides of the bar magnet as shown in figure. 9. Observe the pattern of the magnetic field lines.   Result: Magnetic field lines can be drawn around a bar magnet using a magnetic compass. The field lines do not cross each other. Region A has stronger magnetic field. This is due to the strength of the field is proportional to the relative closeness of field lines.