Why does the compass needle move when the compass is placed near the wire?

it moves because the wire is metal and when metal is near a compass it throughs off the direction because metal has its own magnetism.

Explanation:

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po-215 i got it right on the quiz

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.