Question

Laticia draws the diagram below to show Earth’s magnetic field.

What error did Laticia make?

The dashed line should be drawn in the same place as the solid line.
The solid line should be drawn in the same place as the dashed line.
The arrows to the left of Earth should point down.
The arrows to the right of Earth should point up.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is D

Explanation: The arrows to the right of Earth should point up.

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Answer 2

The arrows to the right of Earth should point up

Step-by-step explanation:

The Earth acts as a huge magnetic dipole, oriented as its axis of rotation, with the North Pole located at the South geographic pole and the South pole located at the North geographical pole.

In a magnetic dipole, the lines representing the field go out from the north pole into the south pole.

This means that for the Earth, the field lines should go from south (which is the north magnetic pole) to north (which is the south magnetic pole): therefore, the arrows to the right of the Earth should point up as well as the line to the left.