Which of the following statements are true?

I. Due to pole reversal, what we call the north pole is actually the south pole.
II. Opposites attract, so a compass needle actually points south.

Question

Which of the following statements are true?

I. Due to pole reversal, what we call the north pole is actually the south pole.
II. Opposites attract, so a compass needle actually points south.

festinger · Answer

II.

Pole reversals mean that the pole switches over, so when that happens, the north of our compass will still point to the south pole, and when a pole reversal occurs, we will observe that our north poles will point south!

anonymous · Answer

thank you tons of help :)