It depends which direction you're facing, it has nothing to do with where on the planet you are.
WRONG ANSWER! Regardless of WHERE you are, or WHICH way you are looking, the compass needle will point to the NORTH. Not to the NORTH POLE mind you, but to the MAGNETIC NORTH, which is a little bit off from the TRUE NORTH and also MOVES a little bit every year. This is called VARIATION and depending on where you are, the TRUE NORTH may be to the right or to the left of where the compass needle points. Your reading will also be a little bit off to one side or the other, depending on which direction the needle is pointing (hey, nobody's perfect), but this is predictable and can be measured when the compass is calibrated (a process called swinging the compass). This is called COMPASS DEVIATION (don't think deviate now...) Another change may happen if you are going from West to East or viceversa AND you are accelerating or deccelerating, in which case the needle will lag. Last but not least, if you have any kind of magnetic interference near the compass, like a screwdriver with a magnetic tip, oh well then... the needle may be pointing God knows where.
North
north because that's what way compasses point.
The compass needle.
Answer:A compass needle can be made from any ferrous metal that can be magnetized.
A compass magnet or a compass needle.
The needle, or "pointer", of a compass will always point North. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass
The needle in compasses is magnetic and is drawn to the Earth's magneticism in the North. When the needle is placed near a metal, as all magnets are, attracted to metals.
The north pole.
It will return to pointing North.
Magnetic Force
no
It will return to pointing North.
It will return to pointing North.
the compass needle points north and just say it was pointing at the s for south it means the south is really north. the compass is held differently
. The south magnetic pole of the compass points to Earth's north magnetic pole.
To find where is someone placed, based on the compass' needle, which is always pointing to the magnetic pole of the Earth, that is the North. That provides orientation to the person since he has a map along with him.
No, magnetism (the force that makes the needle turn) is a non-contact force.
the fieldlines are pointing straight down. If your compass could rotate when held up (instead of lying flat on a table), the needle would point downwards.
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