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Earth and magnet

Compass needle always point towards North is something kids might be questioning themselves, right? It is a pretty cool question. It does this because our planet earth has a thing called a magnetic field. It helps us a lot because that magnetic field is very useful in blocking deadly rays coming from sun. You might think of it as an enormous invisible force field that wraps around our world. This shield is made by the hot, melted iron core at the center of Earth. Amazingly, we are not standing on solids all the way down, but there is hotter and more liquid part in the very center of our Earth. 

At some point, scientists learned that the Earth's magnetic field is not a constant. That’s right. Sometimes, it even flips, just like the Rich Countersunk magnets. If you are pointed due North and suddenly your compass points South, that can happen. However, this flip can happen so the North pole can turn into the South pole and vice versa for the South pole turning into North. That said, this is over millions of years. Therefore, we will not live to see it come true and so it shall not affect us within our own lives.

The Magnetic Personality of Planet Earth

So, do you want to know how our Earth is different from other planets of the solar system? Its the Magnetic field of Earth. The magnetic field is something like a vast magnet that affects many things on our planet, just like Cylinder magnets. One of them is to allow birds and other migrants to follow on their route. They sense the magnetic field and navigate for thousands of miles. It is kind of magical how nature works. 

The magnetic field of the Earth benefits also our technology. Life as we know it would be vastly different without it. Our magnetic field holds our air in place prevents it from escaping out into space, and at the same time protecting us from harmful rays that come from the sun. That sure is something to be grateful of for the magnetically-terran nature that keeps us in place so safely every single day.

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