By the 15th century, people on ships and boats solved the problem of finding out what direction they were sailing in and, perhaps even more importantly, what direction they needed to go to get back home. Before that time, sailors rarely ventured out of sight of land and instead relied on visible landmarks to get from place to place. This limited traders and navies to routes close to shore, but the invention of the compass changed all that.
The magnetic compass contains a magnetic element that aligns itself with the earth’s magnetic field. Think of the earth as a big magnet. It has two magnetic poles, oriented north and south that are very close to the geographic North and South Poles. When a magnet or a magnetic element (such as the mineral lodestone or a ferrous metal that has been magnetized) is allowed to float freely, it will effectively point north and south, thus showing you which direction you are going in relation to that axis.
From the image above what can you say about the direction of the magnetic field of the earth. The answer has been started for you; complete it in terms of geographical north and south poles.
The magnetic lines of force of the earth emerge ……………………………………….............
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✴Question 22 From the image above what can you say about the direction of the magnetic field of the earth. The answer has been started for you;complete it in terms of geographical north and south poles.The magnetic lines of force of the earth emerge ..........................................................
✒The magnetic lines of force emerge from geographic south pole and enter the geographical north pole forming closed loops.
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