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Question
Draw neat diagram, label them and explain.
Magnetic pole and equator.
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Solution
The magnetosphere is the region of space surrounding earth where the dominant magnetic field is the magnetic field of the earth, rather than the magnetic field of interplanetary space. North pole and South pole are the two magnetic poles of the earth. The magnetic poles of the earth are different from geographical poles as shown in the above figure.
Equator is an imaginary line along the middle of the Earth at an equal distance from the north pole and south pole.
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