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How is earth's geographic north pole different to earth's magnetic north pole (20 points)

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The geographic North Pole is the location at 90 degrees north on the coordinate grid.

The magnetic North Pole is the location that compasses point to, and is the top of the Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic North Pole is about 500 kilometers away from the geographic North Pole.

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