Question

I think that the south pole of the magnetic needle should point towards the north direction of the earth than why we say that north pole of magnetic needle points towards north direction ?

Answer 1

Hi Pushty!

The magnetic North Pole of the Earth is situated at the geographic South Pole and the magnetic South Pole of the Earth is situated at the geographic North Pole. So, the North Pole of the magnetic needle is actually pointing towards the South Pole of the Earth’s magnet (That is, towards the geographic north).

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