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Perhaps you are holding it the wrong way around or you are standing near a powerful magnetic field.
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∙ 12y agoThe compass needle is magnetic, and will always point to magnetic north. This means that all other compass points will indicate the corect direction.
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What is a compose rose?
The compass rose is the compass pointing North, South, East, and West, on a map.
How does a compess work?
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
Is there a way to fix a compass that has lost abilitity to point north?
It is possible to cure a compass that is no longer pointing North. You must have a compass that is working to compare it to afterwards. Stroke the South pole towards the North pole on the compass, then repeat this vice-versa.
What makes the needle on the compass always pointy north?
We know that it is a natural property for a magnet to attract unlike poles Earth itself is a bar magnet..So there is a tiny magnet in the compass which makes it to get attracted to north pole (i.e-Magnetic south pole is Geographic North pole,Magnetic North pole is Geographic South pole)That is -when compass is pointing North pole(magnectically)It is pointing Geographic South pole... Thanks**** Hope it was helpful!!!!
Which describes how a compass works?
. The south magnetic pole of the compass points to Earth's north magnetic pole.
Do you point up for south and at your feet for north at the South Pole?
You cannot go further south when you are at the South Pole, so there is nowhere you can point that is south. Pointing up is off the planet, so it is not in any direction on a compass, just like at any place on Earth. Directions on a compass only apply to the surface of Earth. Point in any direction around you and you are pointing north.
What is a composers?
The compass rose is the compass pointing North, South, East, and West, on a map.
Does a compass change directions South of the equator?
No, the north seeking pole remains a north seeking pole.
An iron bar can be made magnetic?
Yes. Line the bar up pointing north-south, and whang on it with a hammer for a minute or so. If you hold a compass close to it, the compass should align with the bar, whichever direction it is pointing, showing you that the bar has been magnetized.
Why do explorers in the Arctic and Antarctic rarely use a compass to find the orientation?
Explorers working on either pole of the earth don't use compasses because they don't work accurately so far north or so far south. The way a compass works is by using a magnet with a "north" pole and a "south" pole. If you've ever held two magnets near each other, you may have noticed that they will either stick together or push apart. That's because of their poles. North and south stick together, but north and north or south and south will not.The earth is like a gigantic magnet. Its north pole is the same as the south pole of a magnet, so on a compass the north arrow points towards the north pole.You could think of it this way: at the north pole and the south pole the compass won't work because the north pole is all one side of a magnet and the south pole is all the other side of it. So when you have a compass at the north pole, it's both attracted and repelled at the same time so it ends up pointing in some random direction or toward the closest piece of metal that a magnet will stick to.Now let's pretend for a moment that you have a really fancy compass that works accurately even at the north pole. If you used the compass to find your way all the way to the very tip of the earth, you would be at the most north point. If you then went true east (east according to a map) then your compass would do something funny. Instead of pointing north, your compass would be pointing west!
Why does south pole of the compass always point to the north while north pole always points to the south?
Like magnetic poles repel, unlike magnetic poles attract. So the magnetic south and magnetic north of two bar magnets will attract. Therefore, though the compass needle points towards the magnetic north, it is actually the magnetic south pole of the compass needle that is pointing towards the magnetic north.
If you wanted to go southeast How would the compass be postitioned?
Assume for the sake of the illustration that the compass' N pointer is pointing to true north. Facing due south and holding the compass as you ordinarily would, the N pointer would be pointing straight to your spine. If you turn to the left by 45 degrees (to the south east) the N pointer will, relatively speaking, 'turn' to the left by 45 degrees; it will be pointing to your left side, or possibly right past you on the left.
