Geography: Compass and Map Skills

If the compass needle points directly to your right, which way is east?

• To your left

• To your right

• In front of you

• Behind you

If the compass needle points directly to your left, which way is north?

• To your left

• To your right

• In front of you

• Behind you

In which situation would a compass be most useful?

• Hiking in the woods

• Walking in a city

• Running a marathon

The pivot in a compass allows the needle to do what?

• move freely

• Avoid getting wet

• Become magnetized

Which factor has the greatest impact on the likelihood of two magnets attracting?

• orientation of the poles

• distance from True North

• Degree of magnetic variation

Which of the following objects can be magnetized?

• iron nail

• rubber tire

• string

The north pole of the Earth's magnetic field is closest to which continent?

• Asia

• North America

• Antarctica

The south pole is located on which continent?

• Asia

• North America

• Antarctica

• South America

• Australia

Which of the following would be true if the Earth's magnetic field were reversed?

• Compass needles would point south

• Compass needles would just keep spinning

• Compass needles would still point north

Magnetic variation will do which of the following with increasing distance from the poles.

• decreases

• Increases

• remains the same