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Illuminating the Northern Lights Worksheet Name: __________________________ Date: ____________ Period: _____ Watch the video, “Illuminating the Northern Lights” on the Atmosphere page of the website (web.me.com/davgen1/ILS_12-22 ) and answer the following questions: Record the colors you see. Do researchers today understand what causes the northern lights and how they work? Describe the shape of Earth’s magnetic field. What is solar wind? In what ways does it impact Earth? What are magnetic substorms? What kind of problems can these magnetic substorms cause? Dr. Vassilis Angelopoulos is responsible for the NASA project Themis. What isThemis?

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Illuminating the Northern Lights Worksheet

Name: __________________________ Date: ____________ Period: _____

Watch the video, “Illuminating the Northern Lights” on the Atmosphere page of the web-site (web.me.com/davgen1/ILS_12-22) and answer the following questions:

• Record the colors you see.

• Do researchers today understand what causes the northern lights and how they work?

• Describe the shape of Earth’s magnetic field.

• What is solar wind? In what ways does it impact Earth?

• What are magnetic substorms?

• What kind of problems can these magnetic substorms cause?

• Dr. Vassilis Angelopoulos is responsible for the NASA project Themis. What isThemis?

• What is the purpose of Themis?

• What is the difference between space weather and atmospheric weather?