GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Earth’s magnetic field deflects most of the solar wind, whose charged particles would otherwise strip away the ozone layer that protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. One stripping mechanism is for gas to be caught in bubbles of magnetic field, which are ripped off by solar winds.

Detailed explanation-2: -When the solar wind encounters Earth, it is deflected by our planet’s magnetic shield, causing most of the solar wind’s energetic particles to flow around and beyond us. This region that meets and blocks the solar wind is called the magnetosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Generated by the motion of molten iron in Earth’s core, the magnetic field protects our planet from cosmic radiation and from the charged particles emitted by our Sun.

Detailed explanation-4: -The solar wind does not impact Earth directly but is deflected-like a stream diverted around a boulder-by our planet’s magnetic field, which forms a tear-drop-shaped cavity in the solar wind flow.