Question

A magnetic compass responds to the earth's magnetic field and comes to rest in the North-South orientation with the North pole of the comp
pointing to the Earth's geographic North. What does this imply?


1) The earth's magnetic South pole is near its geographic North pole.

2 ) The earth's magnetic North pole is near its geographic North pole.

3 ) The earth's magnetic poles are perpendicular to its geographic poles.

4 ) The earth's magnetic poles lie at the core of the earth, which is a mass of molten iron.

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Answer 1

Answer:

When it comes to magnets, opposites attract. This fact means that the north end of a magnet in a compass is attracted to the south magnetic pole, which lies close to the geographic north pole. ... The geographic north and south poles indicate the points where the earth's rotation axis intercepts earth's surface