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enyata [817]
3 years ago
6

Why does a compass point towards earths geographic North Pole

Physics
2 answers:
kakasveta [241]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

2) Earth’s geographic North Pole is close to the magnetic south pole.

3) Magnets allowed to move freely align themselves to point north.

5) The north pole on a compass is attracted to Earth’s magnetic south pole.

Hope this helped:)

Travka [436]3 years ago
3 0
It doesn't. It points to the Earth's MAGNETIC pole. There's only a very small part of the Earth's surface where the geographic pole is in exactly the same direction, and there are places where there's a huge difference. For example, I've worked in parts of Alaska where compasses point WEST !
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