🔍 Key Concepts

• Conventional color coding of magnet poles in navigation and physics contexts • How a compass needle aligns with Earth’s magnetic field • Which pole of a bar magnet is typically associated with the direction toward geographic north

💭 Think About

• Think about the common classroom bar magnet you may have seen in science class: which end points toward geographic north, and what color was that end? • Remember that in many diagrams, the pole that seeks the geographic north has a standard color; what is the usual contrasting color used for the opposite pole? • Consider how having two clearly different colors helps distinguish the poles quickly on charts and training aids.

✅ Before You Answer

• Recall standard bar magnet colors used in textbooks and training rooms, not random toy colors • Make sure you are thinking about the south pole of the magnet, not the north pole • Eliminate any color you more commonly associate with the north-seeking pole first, then choose from the remaining options