Earth As A Magnet

1. Provide the following information about Earth

A. width:
B. mass:
C. Effect of magnetic field:
Toward the sun:
Other direction:
2. Who is the pioneer of the study of magnetism, was the first to realize that the earth is a magnet and has an immense
magnetic field?
3. What do you call a narrow magnet mounted so that it can freely pivot horizontally to point in nay direction?
4. What is the title of William gilberts monumental work which has De Magnete as its first two words of the original
Latin?
5. Give three effects of earths magnetic field.
6. What is the difference between north and south magnetic poles and North and South geographic poles?
7. Who was the first to officially record the deviation between magnetic and geographic poles?
8. How much does the magnetic poles wander per year?
9. Is the North Pole and S pole? Explain your answer.
10. What do you call an instrument consisting of a narrow magnet like a compass needle to free to pivot vertically
instead of horizontally that is sued to study the earths magnetic field?
11. What are devices that measure the strength of magnetic fields or detect shifts?
12. What is the extent of earth's magnetic field in space that shields the earths surface and lower atmosphere from the
harmful effects of the solar wind?
13. What do you call the boundary of the magnetosphere?
14. What do you call the beautiful displays produced by the violent collisions of charged particles with the earths upper
atmosphere?
15. What are Van Allen radiation belts?
16. What is USs first artificial satellite and space probe that discovered the Van Allen radiation belts using a Geiger
counter?
17. Draw the planetary magnets of Earth, Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus.