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.
The 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.
It 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.
it will follow the manget where every it go
If standing on 0 latitude and longitude ( doesn't matter which pole) the compass would go crazy
To indicate the direction in which the map is drawn to. Without the compass rose, you would not know which direction you are heading to, neither would you be able to navigate your way out with a compass in your hand.
I'm not sure, but I can tell you that I have a very cheap (97 cent) compass that suddenly started reading backwards. I fixed it by placing it directly on top of a magnetizer-demagnetizer for several seconds (like one you use to temporarily magnetize screwdrivers with) and now it reads normal again. *I only used that tool because that's the only real magnet that I have lying around. A regular magnet may have worked as well.
Nothing would happen.
No I want the answer
nothing would had happened.
The compass would point south, except near positive end of the magnet. It will point north. 6th grade power!!
the arrow in the compass would point to the magnet
it would spin around and around.
If compass was not invented we would get lost and cant find ourselves. That's way in TV you see people using compass in the desert.
south pole
because inside of the earth acts like a big magnet and the magnet points to the north
it farts then it poops
Magnetite is metal, so the compass would be messed up and not useful at all.
Scientists observed disruption of a the magnetic needle of a compass by the electromagnetic interference by Aurora Borealis which reflected perfect direction that coincided with the view of the phenomena. It was concluded this would only happen if electric currents were setting from south to north in the earth under the needle, or from north to south in space above it.
Scientists observed disruption of a the magnetic needle of a compass by the electromagnetic interference by Aurora Borealis which reflected perfect direction that coincided with the view of the phenomena. It was concluded this would only happen if electric currents were setting from south to north in the earth under the needle, or from north to south in space above it.
It depends on where the compass is in the world. Asia is a big continent, and compass points and bearings would vary greatly. For instance, the initial bearing on a course from Beijing to London is 324.43° and the compass direction is NW. From Cape Horn of South America it would be entirely different.
compass will NOT give you coordinates, a gps system would. compass gives you directions... west, east, south east... etc. So compass will help you to go places BUT it can not FIND places.