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→About Compasses
: A '''compass''' will point with one end towards the [[Poles|North Seeking Pole]] and the other towards the [[Poles|South Seeking Pole]].
: Then end which points to the North is called the [[Poles|North Seeking Pole]] and the one pointing to the South is the [[Poles|South Seeking Pole]].
: '''Compasses''' show that the [[Earth]] acts like a large [[magnet]] with the North of the [[Earth]] being a [[Poles|South Seeking Pole]].
: Some very small '''compasses''' are used to draw the [[Magnetic Field|magnetic field]] around a [[magnet]]. These are called plotting compasses.