Answer: Magnetic south pole.
- A Magnetic north pole
- B Magnetic south pole
- C No magnetic pole
- D Varies by location
Correct answer: B. Magnetic south pole
Explanation: Earth's geographic north pole is near a magnetic south pole (as compass north points toward it). By convention, the pole near geographic north is sometimes called the magnetic north geographic pole.
Magnetic field of a bar magnet: field lines emerge from the north pole and re-enter at the south pole outside the magnet, forming continuous closed loops. Image: Geek3, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Concept context
Bar magnets, Earth's magnetism, and how different materials respond to an external magnetic field - diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic behaviour.