8. In the movie \"The Edge\" Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin arelost in the mou

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8. In the movie "The Edge" Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin arelost in the mountains. Anthony Hopkins, playing a genius (suprisesuprise), pulls a needle out of a first aid kit, rubs it on aspeaker from a broken radio, places it on a leaf and then sets theleaf - needle combination in a puddle. The needle rotates and hesays it's pointing North. Will this really work?

Yes, it'sjust like the nail styrofoam thingy we did in class.
No, a needle is nota magnet.
Maybe, he has a50-50 chance that ithe end of the needle points North.
No, the leaf won'twork. It has to be an easily chargable object such asstyrofoam.

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Yes, it's just like the nail styrofoamthingy we did in class.
No, a needle is not a magnet.
Maybe, he has a 50-50 chance that ithe end ofthe needle points North.
No, the leaf won't work. It has to be aneasily chargable object such as styrofoam. . I have no idea what you did in class... so if the class thinghad to do with a magnet, answer the first one. . If the class thing did not have to do with magnets, answer thethird one. He has a 50-50 chance because the needle will eitherpoint north or south, depending on how it was magnetized.

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