What are the northern and southern lights also known as?
The Journey of the Polar Lights

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Amanda Valentine
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Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis
Aurora Polaris and Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis and Aurora Polaris
Aurora Australis and Aurora Polaris
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What causes the northern and southern lights?
Collision of high energy particles from the Sun with neutral atoms in our atmosphere
Collision of protons and electrons from the Sun's corona with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in our atmosphere
Collision of solar winds with the Earth's magnetosphere
Collision of coronal mass ejections with the Earth's magnetosphere
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What is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere called?
Corona
Magnetosphere
Plasma
Aurora
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What happens to the protons and electrons from the Sun's corona?
They group together as plasma and travel away from the Sun as solar wind
They collide with neutral atoms in our atmosphere and produce light
They get trapped by the Earth's magnetosphere and form the aurora ovals
They emit photons and create the northern and southern lights
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What prevents the solar wind from traveling straight into the Earth?
Magnetosphere
Corona
Plasma
Aurora
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What event overwhelms the magnetosphere and allows the particles to continue their journey to the atmosphere?
Coronal mass ejection
Solar flare
Sunspot
Magnetic storm
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What happens when a coronal mass ejection collides with Earth?
It overpowers the magnetosphere and creates a magnetic storm
It causes the Sun's hydrogen and helium atoms to vibrate
It produces a spectacle of light in the atmosphere
It forms the aurora ovals
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