Question

3. You are given a magnet. How will you use it to
find north-south direction at a place ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Compass compose of magnetized needle and dial is used to find direction. The north is marked as red to differentiate from south pole.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The earth is a huge magnet in itself with its North and South poles. The North and South of the place can easily be detected with the help of a bar magnet. A freely suspended bar magnet always rest in the geographic N-S direction. Since the South pole of the earth’s magnet is closer to the geographic North, the North pole of the suspended magnet will always rest in the geographic North, and the South pole of the freely suspended magnet will point towards geographic South.

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also by the help of compass you can find the poles of magnet.