Why magnetic needleof a compass points towards north?
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A compass consists of a tiny pivoted magnet usually in the form of a pointer which can turn freely in the horizontal plane. The tiny magnet of the compass is also called "magnetic needle". when the compass is placed in a magnetic field then a force acts on it and it is deflected from its usual north-south position to the north position. it is because north pole attracts the needle and also the acted force was in the north direction
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The needle is magnetic, and as such, it aligns itself with the magnetic field of the Earth. On magnets, north poles attract south poles, and vice versa. Opposites attract. The north end of the magnet needle points to the north because the north pole is a magnetic south pole (we named it the north pole because the north end of the needle points that direction, but that is technically because the north pole is actually the Earth’s magnetic south pole). This also works in reverse, and the carefully crafted needle’s south pole points to the south pole, which is actually the Earth’s magnetic south pole
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