The arrow in a compass is magnetic and is being pulled the magnetic force from the north pole. Hope it helped:) btw, I'm a fifth grader:) :)
If your unable to figure out how to work a compass its probably best not to use it.
Because he portable sundial does not work without a compass
Because he portable sundial does not work without a compass
The compass indicates the direction of magnetic North, from that you can work out South, East, West and all the other points on the compass.
The iPhone's digital compass application works just like any magnetic-needle compass. Launch the application by tapping the "Compass" button on the iPhone's.
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the clock is rotating like the sun and that's how a compass works in physical education.
then make a compass
Why not? the desert is just the same as any other place on planet earth. Magnetic compasses work fine in the desert. See the "Where does the magnetic compass not work?" question for some places where they don't work.
a compass can be used anywhere.... the accuracy however may suffer in the magnetic polar regions. Then of course there is outer space where a compass would not work
Rather than type a long answer - see the related link from Wikipedia for their entry on a gyro-compass.
Iron or steel. Since it is a magnet, a compass will point to iron instead of pointing North.