1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
svetlana [45]
3 years ago
11

An aurora occurs when ____

Physics
1 answer:
ASHA 777 [7]3 years ago
7 0

The short answer to how the aurora happens is that 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.

You might be interested in
What is the average speed if an object travels 200 km in 5 hours
melamori03 [73]

Answer:

40km per hour

Explanation:

8 0
3 years ago
At which of the above boundries is sea floor destroyed
Slav-nsk [51]
The continental crust
Hope it helps!!
7 0
3 years ago
Conduction is the transfer of heat in:<br> 1 gases<br> 2 liquids<br> 3 solids
kykrilka [37]

Answer:

Conduction heat transfer is the transfer of <em>heat by means of molecular excitement within a material without bulk motion</em> of the matter. 

Explanation:

Conduction heat transfer in gases and liquids is due to the collisions and diffusion of the molecules during heir random motion.

4 0
2 years ago
How many newtons of force are represented by the following amount: 3 kg·m/sec^2?
Jet001 [13]
1N=1kg•m/s^2 so the answer is 3N
8 0
3 years ago
A(n) blank wave carries energy through space
vova2212 [387]
A transverse wave (electromagnetic wave) carries energy through space.
6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Q: The acceleration of gravity means that for each second that passes, falling objects move 9.8m? A:True
    5·2 answers
  • 2. Jessie studies seaweed and she usually takes large amounts of samples. She would take
    7·1 answer
  • Why do some nucleus emit electrons?
    9·1 answer
  • A frictionless pendulum clock on the surface of the earth has a period of 1.00 s. On a distant planet, the length of the pendulu
    6·1 answer
  • What is the minimum work needed to push a 920-kg car 310 m up along a 6.5 ∘incline? Ignore friction.Express your answer using tw
    12·1 answer
  • What body in the solar system do you think is one focus of the moons orbit
    13·2 answers
  • The voltage applied across a given parallel-plate capacitor is doubled. How is the energy stored in the capacitor affected?
    6·1 answer
  • A child at the top of a slide de has a gravitational store of 1800J. What is the child's maximum kinetic store as he slides down
    6·2 answers
  • Please if you can give an explanation and not just the answer.
    7·1 answer
  • A car and a truck, starting from rest, have the same acceleration, but the truck moves twice the length of time. Compared with t
    15·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!