Question

The Van Allen radiation belts serve as a trap to high energy charged particles from the _________.

Answer 1

Answer;

Atmosphere magnetic field

The Van Allen radiation belts serve as a trap to high energy charged particles from the atmosphere magnetic field.

Explanation;

• A Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles around the Earth, trapped by Earth's magnetic field. These belts are located in the inner region of the Earth's magnetosphere.
• Most of the particles that form the belts come from solar wind and other particles by cosmic rays.
• By trapping the solar wind, the magnetic field deflects those energetic particles and protects the Earth's atmosphere from destruction.

Answer 2

The particles that are usually in a much higher energy usually comes from the magnetic field of the Earth in which it is trapped consisting the Van Allen radiation belts. In addition to that, these radiation belts are somewhat essential because it protects satellites orbiting the Earth from the Sun's high energy radiation.