Answer:
the needle will direct its North South according to the magnetic field of current carrying wire.
Explanation:
A current carrying wire always has a magnetic field around it, in circular loops. This magnetic field will be either clockwise or anticlockwise depending on the direction of current.
Right hand rule tells the direction. Place the current carrying wire in your right hand with thumb pointing the direction of current. Curl of the fingers tell the direction of current.
When the needle gets in the vicinity of the field, its poles aligns itself with the field. (previous position of the compass needle has no effect on its position in the field). The north pole and south pole will be set in the direction of magnetic field.
The distance between the needle and wire does effect the strength (accuracy) of the needle position. Strong field will create strong deflection of the needle whereas when the distance from wire increases, field weakens, thus the deflection of needle will be weak.
A table would be the most appropriate because that way you can compare the data.
The formula is
F_grav = G * m1 * m2 / r^2
G m1 and m2 are going to stay the same once chosen no matter what the distance is. The only thing that will change is the distance.
As the distance increases, the Gravitational Force will decrease. It will decrease by quite a bit.
As the distance decreases, the gravitational force will Increase.
The relationship is inverse. The moon travelling around the earth is one example. The earth travelling around the sun is another.
14-needle heading west
15-the strength of the current and the distance
