Khimraj
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
Key Idea: Magnetic needle behaves as a dipole. Magnetic needle is a dipole which is in earth's uniform magnetic field and as a dipole in a uniform field does not experience any net force but may experience a couple as shown in figure, so the needle together with the cork will not translate ie, move towards the north of the lake, but will rotate and set itself parallel to the field with its north pole pointing north.