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The earth's magnetic field varies from point to point in space. Does it also change with time? If so, on what time scale does it change appreciably?

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  2. Answer the question regarding earth's magnetism: Geologists claim t...

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  3. The earth's magnetic field varies from point to point in space. Does i...

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  4. The earth's core is known to contain tron. Yet geologists do not regar...

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  5. The charged currents in the outer conducting regions of the earth's co...

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  6. The earth may have even reversed the direction of its field several um...

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  7. The earth's field departs from its dipole shape substantially at large...

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  8. Interstellar space has an extremely weak magnetic field of the order o...

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  9. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30^(@) with a uniform exter...

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  10. A short bar magnet of magnetic moment m=0.32 JT^(-1) is placed in a un...

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  11. A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross section 25 xx ...

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  12. If the solenoid in Exercise 5.5 is free to tum about the vertical dire...

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  13. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 JT^(-1) lies aligned with the dire...

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  14. A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and area of cross-section 1.6 x...

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  15. A circular coil of 16 turns and radius 10 cm carrying a current of 0.7...

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  16. A magnetic needle free to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to the m...

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  17. At a certain location in Africa, a compass points 12^@ west of the geo...

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  18. A short bar magnet has a magnetic moment of 0.48 JT^(-1). Give the dir...

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  19. A short bar magnet placed in a horizontal plane has its axis aligned a...

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  20. If the bar magnet in exercise 5.13 is turned around by 180^@, where wi...

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