Question

Attraction and repulsion are both forces that act over a distance without objects having to touch. Choose the statement below that best describes what happens when objects attract or repel without any outside force to interfere in their motion.
a
When objects attract or repel the motion depends the type of attracting or repelling that is happening.
b
When objects attract they pull each other together and when they repel the push each other apart.
c
When objects attract they push each other apart and when they repel they pull each other together.
d
When objects either attract or repel it's mostly the same thing.

Answer 1

answer:

b. when objects attract they pull each other together and when they repel the push each other apart.

explanation:

• repel means to push each other apart (south vs south pole)
• attract means to pull each other (north vs south pole)
• like poles repel, while opposite poles attract