The angle of dip at magnetic pole of earth is

SOLUTION

The correct answer is 90°.

• The angles of dip at the poles and the equator respectively are 90°, 0°.
• The magnetic poles are defined as the area where the dip is vertical.
• The magnetic equator is where the dip or inclination is zero.
• The Earth acts like a large spherical magnet.
  • It is surrounded by a magnetic field that changes with time and location.

• At the magnetic poles, a dip needle stands vertical (dip=90 degrees), the horizontal intensity is zero, and a compass does not show direction.
• At the north magnetic pole, the north end of the dip needle is down.
• At the south magnetic pole, the north end is up.
• At the magnetic equator, the dip or inclination is zero.

• The axis of the dipole is offset from the axis of the Earth's rotation by approximately 11 degrees.
• The lines of forces due to the earth's horizontal component of the magnetic field are parallel straight lines.