Solar Wind and the Magnetosphere

What is the Magnetosphere?

• Magnetic field of Earth

• Layer in the earth's stratosphere containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• Lowest region of the atmosphere

• Region around planet dominated by planet’s magnetic field

How many metres above Earth's surface is the Magnetosphere?

• 10km

• 100km

• 1,000km

• 10,000km

Which planet's magnetosphere is the strongest?

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Which layer does the Bow Shock occur in the Magnetosphere?

• Magnetosheath

• Van Allen Belts

• Magnetopause

• It doesn't occur in it.

What natural phenomenon does the magnetosphere cause?

• Volcanic Lightning

• Aurora Borealis

• Waterspout

• Danxia Landform

How does the Magnetosphere help humans?

• It doesn't help humans.

• It helps the gravitational pull of Earth

• Traps harmful particles from the sun

• It never helped me :(

What if the magnetosphere disappeared?

• Cosmic rays would penetrate Earth's atmosphere.

• Nothing would happen.

• Scientists would go beserk.

• Earth's magnetic poles would change.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2