The tip of a magnet pointing to geographic north is its:
- Equator
- North pole
- South pole
- Blank pole
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Correct answer: B. North pole
1. A suspended magnet has two distinguishable ends.
2. They are named by the direction each one seeks.
3. The end seeking geographic north is the north pole.
4. So the answer is north pole.
_Source: syllabus Physics, Ch 5 'Magnetism and Matter'_