Question

State whether the following statement is True or False.

The magnetic south pole of the earth is near the geographic south pole.

Answer 1

The magnetic south pole of the earth is near the geographic north pole and

the magnetic north pole of the earth is near the geographic south pole.

Earth has two geographic poles, the North Pole and the South Pole. They are the places on Earth's surface that Earth's imaginary spin axis passes through. Our planet also has two magnetic poles, the North Magnetic Pole and the South Magnetic Pole. The magnetic poles are near, but not quite in the same places as, the geographic poles. The needle in a compass points towards a magnetic pole. Earth's North Magnetic Pole is actually the south pole of the Earth's geographic poles and vice-versa.

So, the given statement is false.