Science Class 5 Earth and Universe

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

Earth's magnetic poles are ____________ the earth's geographic poles.

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A bigger than
B smaller than
C not the same as
D same as

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Answer: C. not the same as

The correct answer is C. not the same as.
Geographic poles are fixed points (the "top" and "bottom" of Earth's axis).
Magnetic poles are determined by Earth's magnetic field and are actually hundreds of kilometres away from the geographic poles.
The magnetic poles are constantly moving due to changes in the Earth's molten core.
The angle between these two types of poles is called magnetic declination

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Earth's magnetic poles are ____________ the earth's geographic poles.

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