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Which scientist was the first to propose that earth has a magnetic field?
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
The donut shaped belts of high-speed particles trapped in Earth’s magnetic field are the ______.
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
The amount by which a compass needle deviates from true north is the angle of _______.
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
The southern lights are known as aurora _________.
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
The extent of a planet's magnetic field in space is known as a _________.
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
What is the stream of charged particles that emanates from the sun called?
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
What is the aurora phenomenon caused by?
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
An imaginary circle around the earth halfway between the magnetic poles is the ________.
William Gilbert
high speed particles crashing into the upper atmosphere
declination
australis
magnetosphere
solar wind
Van Allen radiation belts
magnetic equator
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