Wires carrying current create their own ____ field. We can work out the direction that the field will be going in, or the direction of the current using our ____ hand. If we point our ____ in the direction of the current, the direction our fingers curl in shows us the direction of the magnetic field (which always goes from north to south) There are two factors that can increase the strength of the magnetic field - make the current ____ and bring the magnetic object ____ to the wire.

Current and magnetic fields

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