Earth's Magnetic Field Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• magnetosphere: the region surrounding earth where the magnetic field dominates the behavior of charged particles, deflecting them from the solar wind.
• geomagnetic field: the magnetic field surrounding earth generated by the movement of molten iron in its outer core.
• magnetic declination: the angle between magnetic north and true north at a specific location.
• magnetic poles: the two points on earth's surface where the magnetic field lines converge and exit, roughly aligned with the geographic poles but not fixed.
• magnetic reversal: a phenomenon where earth's magnetic field flips polarity, with north becoming south and vice versa, which has occurred many times in earth's history.
• auroras: luminous displays in the sky caused by charged particles from the solar wind interacting with earth's magnetosphere.
• van allen radiation belts: regions of intense radiation trapped by earth's magnetic field, consisting primarily of energetic charged particles.
• magnetopause: the boundary where the pressure from the solar wind balances with the pressure from earth's magnetic field.
• magnetic field lines: imaginary lines used to represent the direction and strength of earth's magnetic field.
• dynamo theory: the prevailing scientific explanation for the generation of earth's magnetic field, which attributes it to the movement of conducting fluids in the outer core.