Magnetic poles

All magnets have a north–seeking pole and a south–seeking pole. Unlike magnetic poles attract each other, and similar magnetic poles repel each other. Magnetic materials are attracted to both north–seeking and south–seeking magnetic poles. Just three metal elements (iron, cobalt and nickel) are magnetic; other metal and non–metal elements are not magnetic. A north–seeking pole will point towards the North Pole because Earth has a magnetic field.