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A “dip needle” is a small magnet mounted on horizontal axis so that it can swivel up or down (like a compass turned on its side. where on earth will a dip needle point most nearly vertically? where on earth will it point most nearly horizontally?

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Vertically at the magnetic poles, horizontally at the equator
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