Question

Geographic
North Pole
Magnetic
North Pole
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Question 21
The compass always point towards the north. Which one of the following is the correct explanation for
this?
a) The Earth is a magnet and therefore it attracts the metallic needle of the compass.
b) The magnetic needle of the compass aligns itself with the Earth's magnetic field.
c) Ple Earth's south pole does not have a magnetic pull hence the compass points towards the
north.
d) The needle of the compass always points in the upward direction.
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
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Answer 1

Answer:

A magnetic compass does not point to the geographic north pole. A magnetic compass points to the earth's magnetic poles, which are not the same as earth's geographic poles. Furthermore, the magnetic pole near earth's geographic north pole is actually the south magnetic pole. 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. Magnetic field lines outside of a permanent magnet always run from the north magnetic pole to the south magnetic pole. Therefore, the magnetic field lines of the earth run from the southern geographic hemisphere towards the northern geographic hemisphere