How does solar weather affect Earth's magnetosphere? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)

Question

Responses

It develops solar wind.
It develops solar wind.

It causes geomagnetic storms.
It causes geomagnetic storms.

It forms radiation belts.
It forms radiation belts.

It generates auroras.

Answer 1

The two correct answers regarding how solar weather affects Earth's magnetosphere are:

1. It causes geomagnetic storms.
2. It generates auroras.

Solar wind and solar weather phenomena like coronal mass ejections interact with the magnetosphere, leading to geomagnetic storms and the generation of auroras. While solar wind itself is a continuous stream of charged particles from the Sun, it is the interaction of these particles during solar storms that notably affects the magnetosphere.