When standing on the Magnetic North Pole, your compass will only South!
If you point the north side of the compass away from you the compass will point south. Because the needle always points north (magnetism).
the compass would point north because it Always points north unless you are at the north pole. :)
What features of the earth makes a compass needle point north
What features of the earth makes a compass needle point north
Actually, a compass points to the magnetic north pole, not the geographic north pole.
A compass point is lightly magnetised and is attracted the the magnetic north pole, so provided there are no other stronger magnets nearby the compass will always point north, and knowing where north is you can then work out all the other directions.
No. The compass needle points toward the magnetic north pole.
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North Star points at True North, you can use a compass and north star to see how far off magnetic north is from your location. .
No. The true north pole and the magnetic north pole are in different locations. The compass will point at the magnetic north pole. If you happened to be somewhere between the two north poles, the compass will point exactly backwards!
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