Question

Why does the needle of a compass point north?

a. Because the southern pole of the Earth's magnet repels it.
b. Because the southern pole of the Earth's magnet is in the north.
Because the northern pole of the Earth's magnet is in the north
d. Because the Earth's core is made of steel.
C.

Answer 1

b. Because the southern pole of the Earth's magnet is in the north.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is very weird to think about but Earth's southern magnetic pole is in Earth's geographic north. So when compass points north, it is actually getting attracted to the southern magnetic pole (that is actually located in the north direction- geographic location- in earth).