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Which best describes Earth’s magnetic field lines?

The field lines go out of Earth at the geographic South Pole and enter Earth at the geographic North Pole in the area where the magnetic pole aligns with the geographic pole.
The field lines go out of Earth near the geographic South Pole and enter Earth near the geographic North Pole in an area where the magnetic pole does not align with the geographic pole.
The field lines go out of Earth at the geographic North Pole and enter Earth at the geographic South Pole in the area where the magnetic pole aligns with the geographic pole.
The field lines go out of Earth near the geographic North Pole and enter Earth near the geographic South Pole in an area where the magnetic pole does not align with the geographic pole.

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"The field lines go out of Earth near the geographic South Pole and enter Earth near the geographic North Pole in an area where the magnetic pole does not align with the geographic pole."

Explanation: Compass needles point toward the geographic North Pole because the field there is a magnetic south pole (field lines enter Earth), so the opposite (magnetic north) is near the geographic South Pole (field lines emerge); the magnetic poles are not exactly at the geographic poles.