Answered: Explain magnetic dip.

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Explain magnetic dip.

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Magnetic dip is an angle which make with the horizontal by needle at any specific place or location at earth. It can be say that it is the tangent on Earth’s magnetic field.

Magnetic dip is zero at equator of earth. It means at an equator the compass needle will be parallel to the Earth’s surface.

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The magnetic dip is 90 degrees at poles of earth. It means at poles the compass needle will be perfectly vertical and perpendicular to Earth’s surface.

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