Explain how solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field to ...

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Explain how solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field to create auroras at the poles. Make sure to include each part of the magnetic field the solar particles interact with.
 
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Variables of a certain type are called Cepheid variables because the first one discovered was in the _____________ Cepheus.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Earth's magnetic field dominates space around Earth by deflecting the solar wind and trapping high-energy particles in radiation belts. Solar wind particles are first deflected by the bow shock of Earth's magnetic field. High-energy particles from the solar wind leak into the magnetosphere and become trapped within Earth's magnetic field to produce the Van Allen belts of radiation The magnetic field lines enter Earth's atmosphere around the north and south magnetic poles. Powerful currents flow down along the magnetic field lines near the poles and excite gas atoms to emit photons, creating auroras. Colors are produced as different atoms are excited.

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