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The source of the magnetic field on the Sun is _____.

a. liquid iron in the core
b. liquid metallic hydrogen in the core
c. flowing plasma
d. thermonuclear reactions

User RoboKozo
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Answer:

C) Flowing plasma

User Brakebein
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I would believe it would be C. Flowing Plasma. The Sun has a Convection zone in which hot plasma flows and creates the solar magnetic field. The plasma is filled with many free charged electrons and Protons. The plasma moving charged, creates a magnetic field.
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