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If you held the south pole of a megnet next to a compass what would happen?
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∙ 14y ago
It would still point magnetic north. Magnetic north and geographic north are different. If you had it precisely at magnetic north, it would have trouble pointing, but doing so would be almost impossible because the magnetic field is constantly fluctuating.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe earth's magnetic polarity does switch from time to time; and south & north switch ends.
Presumably, once a shift had occurred, things might be much the same, although it might influence climate and ocean currents somewhat.
However, such a switch would not happen in a moment but might take a considerable period of time. In such a case, the earths "magnetic shield" might disappear, allowing much more harmful solar radiation to hit the earth, with potentially disastrous consequence for animal (& perhaps plant) life.
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This is ALREADY the case! The magnetic polarity of the earth's North Pole is south, and the magnetic polarity of the earth's South Pole is north!
Let's understand this. The earth has a True North Pole and a Magnetic North Pole, each of which are LOCATIONS. True North is located on the earth's axis of rotation. Magnetic North is nearby, but is not at a fixed location, instead it 'wanders' around. The same logic applies to True South and Magnetic South.
Since the north magnetic pole of a magnet or compass needle points towards Magnetic North and, since, 'unlike poles attract', it follows that the magnetic polarity of the location we call 'Magnetic North' HAS to be south.
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∙ 10y agoIt would point south.
The Earth's magnetic poles are not exactly lined up with its rotational poles. Since every direction from the North Pole is south, no matter where the magnetic pole actually is (it moves), it's going to be south of the North Pole.
At the magnetic pole, the compass deflection would be downward rather than in any horizontal direction.
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∙ 14y agoit will follow the manget where every it go
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∙ 8y agoIf standing on 0 latitude and longitude ( doesn't matter which pole) the compass would go crazy
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