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The Pressure of a Solar Storm

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For this solar storm worksheet, high schoolers are given three equations and they  calculate the magnetic pressure and the particle pressure of a solar storm. They also determine the distance to the magnetopause of the solar storm and determine if a satellite will be affected by the given solar storms.

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solar storms, solar wind

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magnetopause, solar storms, solar wind, science
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9th - 12th
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Science
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