how is a compass used to find direction
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Compasses are mainly used in navigation to find direction on the earth. This works because the Earth itself has a magnetic field which is similar to that of a bar magnet. The compass needle aligns with the Earth's magnetic field direction and points north-south
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the compass has a magnetic needle in which one points towards the north and other towards the south also these points are recognized as north pole and south pole the north pole. the needle always shows the north direction because every magnets have two poles i.e. (north and south pole)
the north pole of magnet attracts the south pole of the needle and vice versa hence the direction of north pole and south pole in the magnet is used to find the other directions