The two places where magnetic needle becomes normal to earth surface are called___.

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If a magnetic needle is suspended such that it is free to rotate in the vertical plane and is taken around the earth through its geographic poles then at two places magnetic needle becomes normal to earth surface i.e. it becomes vertical and these points are called earth's magnetic poles.

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