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The angle between true north and the compass north is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The declination is greater at:Read the answer and worked solution →The angle a balanced needle makes with the horizontal is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Another name for the angle of dip is:Read the answer and worked solution →Declination, dip and the horizontal component are called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Substances pushed away from a strong magnetic field are:Read the answer and worked solution →Substances that get weakly magnetised in a field are:Read the answer and worked solution →Substances that get strongly magnetised in a field are:Read the answer and worked solution →Ferromagnets keeping their magnetisation afterwards are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Alnico is an alloy of iron, aluminium, nickel, cobalt and:Read the answer and worked solution →Above the Curie temperature a ferromagnet turns into:Read the answer and worked solution →Substances holding ferromagnetism for a long time are:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each magnetic term to its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Diamagnetic or ferromagneticRead the answer and worked solution →True or false on magnetismRead the answer and worked solution →Quick picks on magnetismRead the answer and worked solution →Hard or soft magnetic materialRead the answer and worked solution →Fix the earth's field at a placeRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on magnetic materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →

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The angle between true north and the compass north is called:

  1. Declination
  2. Inclination
  3. Elevation
  4. Deviation
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Correct answer: A. Declination

1. A compass needle settles along the magnetic meridian. 2. That direction differs from the true geographic north. 3. The angle between the two is the magnetic declination. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._

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The declination is greater at:

  1. The prime meridian
  2. Higher latitudes
  3. Lower latitudes
  4. The equator only
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Correct answer: B. Higher latitudes

1. Declination changes as one moves over the earth's surface. 2. It grows larger towards the higher latitudes. 3. Near the equator it is smaller. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._

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The angle a balanced needle makes with the horizontal is the:

  1. Permeability
  2. Susceptibility
  3. Angle of dip
  4. Declination
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Correct answer: C. Angle of dip

1. The needle is free to swing in the magnetic meridian plane. 2. It settles at an angle to the horizontal rather than flat. 3. That angle is called the angle of dip. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Chapter 5, Magnetism and Matter._

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