SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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A compass helps the reader of a map determine ____
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Orientation
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Relief
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Distortion
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Scale
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From the knowledge of which way is north, of course, any other direction can be found. The reason magnetic compasses work as they do is that Earth itself acts as an enormous bar magnet with a north-south field that causes freely moving magnets to take on the same orientation.
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