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La caída de un rayo en las proximidades de una embarcación puede afectar a la aguja magnética. ¿De qué manera?:Lightning striking near a boat can affect the magnetic compass. How?
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Correct answer: b) By causing an abnormal compass deviation
Why it is correct
Lightning can upset the boat’s or compass’s magnets and create new deviation. Variation belongs to the Earth and does not change.
Why the others are not
- a) Variation does not depend on the boat.
- c) It can affect it.
- d) Option a is false.
How to work it out in the exam
- Lightning: deviation, not variation.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 9 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 7 Official paper · Official answer key
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