Answer the following questions regarding earth’s magnetism:In which direction would a compass free to move inthe verticalplane point to, if located right on the geomagnetic north or south pole?

Answer the following questions regarding earth’s magnetism:If you made a map of magnetic field ines at Melbourne in Australia, would the lines seem to go Into the ground or come out of the ground?

Answer the following questions regarding earth's magnetism: If you make a map of magnetic field lines at Melbourne in Australia, would the lines seen to go into the ground or come out of the ground?

Answer the following questions regarding earth’s magnetism:Geologists claim that besides the main magnetic N-S poles, there are several local poles on the earth’s surface oriented in different directions. How is such a thing possible at all?

Answer the following questions regarding earth’s magnetism:The angle- of dip at a location in southern India Is about 18^@ . Would you expect a greater or smaller dip angle in Britain?

Answer the following questions regarding earth’s The earth’s field,it is claimed, roughly approximates the field due to a dipole of magnetic moment 8xx 10^22J//T located at its centre. Check the order of magnitude of this number in some way.

The captain of a ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean has to travel in the north direction to reach the near est port. He finds that the magnetic declination of the present position of the ship is 5°22' East. Br The captain has a magnetic compass needle with him. By how much angle and in which direction should he deviate his ship from the north direc tion pointed by the magnetic compass needle to reach the port?