The Van Allen belts are:
A) zones on Earth where seismic waves from an earthquake are not felt.
B) faint halos of interplanetary dust between Moon and Earth.
C) layers of Earth's atmosphere between troposphere and stratosphere.
D) regions of high-energy charged particles trapped within Earth's magnetosphere.
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Q44: Earth's magnetic field originates in:
A)a solid, permanently
Q45: Earth's magnetosphere is a region surrounding the
Q46: Earth's magnetosphere is the:
A)molten core, whose motions
Q47: The magnetopause is the part of the
Q48: The Van Allen belts are:
A)regions of Earth
Q50: The Van Allen belts associated with Earth
Q51: In you were able to measure Earth's
Q52: Evidence for past reversals of Earth's magnetic
Q53: We have evidence that Earth's magnetic field
Q54: Which one of the following statements about
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