2. Compasses are an instrument made up of a needle-shaped magnet used to locate the poles of the earth. Since the compass is a magnet, which pole of the magnet is the red point of the compass? 3. Complete the following image with your prediction about which is the north pole and which he south pole on the next magnet. Notice that at the corners of the magnet are two compasses. A? B? Side A is the pole: Side B is the pole