Where does a compass needle point?

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Where does a compass needle point?

a. to the North Pole
b. to the geomagnetic north pole
c. to the South Pole

2007-11-29 04:12:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography

4 answers

2007-11-29 04:20:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

b. There are two poles for North: Geographical and Magnetic, which are not the same. A compass will always point the the Magnetic North Pole because ot the Earth's Magnetic Field, never the South Pole.

2007-11-29 04:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by rnwallace07 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

To the geomagnetic north pole which moves around relative to the geographic North Pole.

2007-11-29 04:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

2007-11-29 04:20:26 · answer #4 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋