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Do charged particles moving through the earth's magnetic field produce cyclonic tornado hurricane spin?
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No, we don't generally think of charged particles moving through the earth's magnetic field producing cyclonic or tornado or hurricane anything. What we do know is that as these charged particles move through the earth's magnetic field and "drop down" near the poles, we get the aurora. The Aurora Borealis is at the north pole, and the Aurora Australis is at the south pole.
The magnetic field of the earth will generally "block" (by deflecting sideways) charged particles that might want to interact with the atmosphere of our planet. But at the poles, the earth's magnetic field lines "go down into" the earth. It is here that charged particles can slide down into the upper atmosphere and slam into atoms there. This ionizes the atoms, and when these atoms "deionize" and recapture their electron(s), light is given off (emitted) by those electrons in the process. That creates the aurora we see.
The cyclonic spin of hurricanes is a consequence of earth's spin while the rotation of tornadoes is due to wind shear imparting rotation onto a thunderstorm.
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How does the Earth's magnetic field deflect charged particles?
A charged particle naturally changes direction in a magnetic field. This is because any charged particle produces a magnetic field when it is moving. And if the charged particle is moving through a magnetic field, the two fields (in this case the Earth's and the one created by the moving particle) interact to deflect the particle. The particle will be deflected "to the side" or laterally, and positively charged particles will be deflected in the opposite direction of negatively charged one.
Why do charged particles from the sun (the solar wind) get trapped in the van Allen radiation belts?
The Van Allen belts are caused by Earth's magnetic field. Charged particles are deflected in the presence of a magnetic field.
What are two ways to produce electric fields electric fields are produced by charged particles or by changing magnetic fields?
One way to produce an electric field is through the presence of charged particles. When charged particles, such as electrons or protons, are stationary or in motion, they generate an electric field around them. Another way to produce an electric field is through changing magnetic fields. According to Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, a changing magnetic field induces an electric field, causing the flow of electric charges.
A synchrotron can accelerate charged particles to high speeds because?
A synchrotron has a time-dependent guiding magnetic field.
Earth's magnetic field affects?
effects of earth's magnetic field:-The sun emits huge amount of solid charged particles every time(called solar wind). if these particles are allowed to enter our earth, then there would be no chance of existence of life as this horrible effect of the solar wind would scrape away the atmosphere of our earth. but this magnetic field of our earth repels all these solid particles from the sun. by K. Sreramfrom India ,Tamil Nadu, Chennai
DO charged particles have a magnetic field?
if charge particle is in motion ,then it has magnetic field
Will a charged particles at rest be affected by a magnetic field?
Yes.
How does the Earth's magnetic field deflect charged particles?
A charged particle naturally changes direction in a magnetic field. This is because any charged particle produces a magnetic field when it is moving. And if the charged particle is moving through a magnetic field, the two fields (in this case the Earth's and the one created by the moving particle) interact to deflect the particle. The particle will be deflected "to the side" or laterally, and positively charged particles will be deflected in the opposite direction of negatively charged one.
Why do charged particles from the sun (the solar wind) get trapped in the van Allen radiation belts?
The Van Allen belts are caused by Earth's magnetic field. Charged particles are deflected in the presence of a magnetic field.
What causes the lights?
The Sun's magnetic field produces charged particles and these charged particles are usually radiated out into space. Sometimes these charged particles may be caught in Earth's magnetic field and as they enter the upper atmosphere of Earth, they are in contact with other gases in the upper atmosphere and emit light and colors. The solar wind reacts to the Earth's magnetic field and then spreads across the ionosphere (the upper, charged layer of our atmosphere).
Why do charged particles from outer space like cosmic rays strike Earth more frequently at the poles than at the equator?
Charged particles are attracted to magnetic fields, and therefore are attracted to the magnetic poles of the Earth.
X-rays are not deflected by magnetic fieldWhat does this indicate about yhe nature of rays?
That they have neither a negative or positive charge
How does earth's magnetic field help human beings?
The Earth's magnetic field deflects solar winds which contain charged particles. These particles would be fatal to human beings.
Prevents charged particles from the sun from reaching the surface?
The Earth is protected from the sun's charged particles by its magnetic field. The Earths magnetic field is generated within its molten iron core. Other examples of planets with magnetic fields include: Mercury, Jupiter, Ganymede (Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system) , Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.Mercury has a relitivley weak magnetic field. It is so weak that the suns charged particles can reach the surface of Mercury. +++ Also the atmosphere.
What is a result of the charged solar particles in the magnetic field?
The Northern and Southern lights, respectively.
How prominence like sunspot?
Solar prominences are gouts of charged particles carried from the surface of the sun into space. These particles are carried by magnetic fields, but of course the surface of the Sun is too hot for any magnetic material (>6 000oC). The source of the magnetic field in turn is caused by huge electrical currents of charged particles near the Sun's surface.
What prevents electrically charged particles coming from space space from reaching the earth's surface?
The Earth's magnetic field, although it does not deflect all charged particles; it only deflects most of them.
