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stiks02 [169]
1 year ago
14

1. The charged particles from the Sun interact with Earth's intense magnetic field at the North and South Poles, making the sky

glow in colors in the effect known as:
A.the Coriolis force.
B.the magnetosphere.
C.solar wind.
D.an aurora.
Physics
1 answer:
nadya68 [22]1 year ago
6 0
Answer: D: aurora

Explanation: energetic electrically charged particles (mostly electrons) accelerate along the magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere, where they collide with gas atoms, causing the atoms to give off light.
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