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What can a compass detect?

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How can you detect electric field?

by using compass.


What tool helps you detect earth's magnetic field?

compass


What would indicate an magnetic field?

You can detect it by watching a compass needle, if that's what you mean.


What tool would you use to detect magnetic effects?

A magnetic needle meter, or a simple compass.


What magnetic fild do you detect when you go hiking?

You don't but your compass does: it's the Earth's own magnetic field's polarity and direction.


What can plotting compasses be used to detect?

A plotting compass is used to detect which direction the North Pole is located. You can stand in any position and it will always point north. +++ That's a navigation compass. A plotting compass will indeed point to the Earth's Magnetic North Pole (not the axis pole), if not influenced by any other magnet; but its purpose is in plotting the magnetic field around a magnet.


What of the following is evidence that an electrical current produces a magnetic?

You can detect the magnetic field by its pull on another magnet, including a compass needle.


How can a compass be used to detect Earth's magnetic field?

A compass needle is actually a weak magnet. Because in magnetism opposite polarities attract while like polarities repel, the needle's north pole seeks the earth's south pole and vice versa.


How can you detect the presence of a magnetic field?

You can detect the presence of a magnetic field using a compass, which will align itself with the field lines. Other devices such as magnetometers can also detect and measure magnetic fields accurately. Additionally, certain materials, such as iron filings, can visualize magnetic field patterns when sprinkled around the area.


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