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4. how are ions related to the magnetic field of the earth?

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the changing shape of the magnetic field lines bends the drift path induced by the electric field normal to the magnetic field.
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When ions move over a polar cap of Earth, the changing shape of the magnetic field lines bends the drift path induced by the electric field normal to the magnetic field. The centrifugal acceleration associated with this bending shoots the ions away from the Earth along the magnetic field lines

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