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The ____ is the extent of the earth's magnetic field in space (a shield around the earth).
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magnetosphere
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How is the magnetosphere useful?
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It acts as a shield against the solar effects.
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What is the outer boundary of the magentosphere called?
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magnetopause
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What is the colorful panoramas caused by the collision of solar particles with the earth's atmosphere called?
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aurora borealis and aurora australis
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The two vast doughnut-shaped belts of trapped protons and electrons from solar wind are called _______ _______ __.
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Van Allen radiation belts
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