Question

The needle of a compass always points in the North South direction. Explain the statement using the directive property of magnets. How can you find the direction of a place using a bar magnet?

Answer 1

Answer:

But the magnet is the opposite way around to how you might think, with its south pole up near Earth's actual (geographic) north pole and vice-versa. A compass needle points north because the north pole of the magnet inside it is attracted to the south pole of Earth's built-in magnet

To find west direction with a bar magnet we will tied the magnet and leave it freely as a freely suspended magnet alligns itself in north-south directions. As it is free and it is tied using a copper wire stirrup. slowly it will itself move towards North and we can locate the west.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Earth behaves as though it has a giant bar magnet built inside it. But the magnet is the opposite way around to how you might think, with its south pole up near Earth's actual (geographic) north pole and vice-versa. A compass needle points north because the north pole of the magnet inside it is attracted to the south pole of Earth's built-in magnet.