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Negative is the current magnetic charge of the Earth's South Pole.

But such has not always been the situation. Scientists suggest that the charge changed from positive to the current negative about a million years ago. At the same time, the North Pole's magnetic charge changed from negative to its current positive.

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We do not describe a magnetic pole as a 'charge', and the terms 'positive' and 'negative' are not applied to magnets. Magnetic poles are described as being 'north' and 'south', whereas electric charges are described as being 'positive' or 'negative'.

Having said this, it should be mentioned that people involved with magneto therapy do describe magnetic poles as being 'positive' and 'negative', but this is a pseudoscience and much of its terminology is nonsense.

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The magnetic charge of the South Pole is negative. It is the opposite of the North Pole, which has a positive magnetic charge.

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What is the South Pole's magnetic charge?

The South Pole of the Earth's magnetic field is considered to be the magnetic south pole, where the magnetic field lines point into the Earth. This is opposite to the geographic south pole, which is the point that lies at the southernmost tip of the Earth's axis of rotation.


Is the north pole a negative charge?

No, the north pole is not a negative charge. In the context of magnetism, the north pole of a magnet is actually a magnetic pole that exhibits a specific orientation of magnetic field lines. It is not associated with an electrical charge like negative charges in the context of electrostatics.


The end of a bar magnet which points to the south magnetic pole is the?

If, by 'south magnetic pole', you means 'Magnetic South', then the answer is the magnet's south pole. On the other hand, if you are referring to a south magnetic polairty, then the answer is the magnet's north pole.


What are the polarity of earth's north and south poles?

The Earth's North Pole is a magnetic south pole and the South Pole is a magnetic north pole. This means that the North Pole of a compass needle points towards the Earth's magnetic South Pole, and vice versa.


What are the three magnetic poles?

The three magnetic poles are the north magnetic pole, the south magnetic pole, and the geomagnetic pole. The north and south magnetic poles are where the Earth's magnetic field lines converge and point vertically into or out of the Earth's surface, while the geomagnetic pole is the point on the Earth's surface above the axis of the magnetic field.

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What is the South Pole's magnetic charge?

The South Pole of the Earth's magnetic field is considered to be the magnetic south pole, where the magnetic field lines point into the Earth. This is opposite to the geographic south pole, which is the point that lies at the southernmost tip of the Earth's axis of rotation.


Is the north pole a negative charge?

No, the north pole is not a negative charge. In the context of magnetism, the north pole of a magnet is actually a magnetic pole that exhibits a specific orientation of magnetic field lines. It is not associated with an electrical charge like negative charges in the context of electrostatics.


How are the southpole and the south magnetic pole different?

The "South Pole" (and the North Pole) is the axis about which the earth rotates. The "South Magnetic Pole" has nothing to do with the South Pole other than they are located within the Antarctic Circle. All magnets have a North and South Pole, the "South Magnetic Pole" and the "North Magnetic Pole" are the opposite ends of the earth's magnetic field.


The end of a bar magnet which points to the south magnetic pole is the?

If, by 'south magnetic pole', you means 'Magnetic South', then the answer is the magnet's south pole. On the other hand, if you are referring to a south magnetic polairty, then the answer is the magnet's north pole.


What are the polarity of earth's north and south poles?

The Earth's North Pole is a magnetic south pole and the South Pole is a magnetic north pole. This means that the North Pole of a compass needle points towards the Earth's magnetic South Pole, and vice versa.


The south pole a compass magnet points toward?

magnetic north north pole =magnetic south


What is the charge of a magnet's north pole?

The north pole of a magnet has a magnetic charge called a north-seeking pole or a positive pole. It attracts the south pole of another magnet and repels other north poles.


What does magnets have?

They have a North Magnetic Pole and a South Magnetic Pole.


Which magnetic pole is attracted to a south magnetic pole?

North.


What are the three magnetic poles?

The three magnetic poles are the north magnetic pole, the south magnetic pole, and the geomagnetic pole. The north and south magnetic poles are where the Earth's magnetic field lines converge and point vertically into or out of the Earth's surface, while the geomagnetic pole is the point on the Earth's surface above the axis of the magnetic field.


Can the charge of the north or south pole change?

Yes. The Earth's magnetic field has reversed, so that the magnetic north pole has become the magnetic south pole, several times that scientists are sure of. We know this because when magma (molten volcanic rock) cools, it freezes the magnetic orientation that the Earth's magnetic field imposed on the liquid magma.


Is the magnetic pole near north or south?

Both, there ia a North and South Magnetic pole.