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Describe how the sun's rotation is responsible for observed polarities of sunspots.
 
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As we look at larger and larger scales in the universe, we find
 
  A) a larger and larger percentage of the matter is dark.
  B) almost exclusively visible matter.
  C) a larger and larger percentage of the matter is visible.
  D) smaller and smaller masses.
  E) an equal amount of visible and dark matter.



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Answer to Question 1

The Sun's differential rotation wraps its magnetic field lines around the equator as it turns. The north-south orientation of the field lines becomes oriented east-west. Convection further mixes the field pattern, until the field lines are tangled and kinked like a garden hose. Occasionally, the field lines burst out of the surface, forming a sunspot pair in the east-west direction.

Answer to Question 2

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