How Does the Sun's Overall Magnetic Field Behave

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Multiple Choice

How does the Sun's overall magnetic field behave?

• A) The Sun does not have an overall coherent field but magnetic fields, and their polarity is centered on sunspots and randomly distributed over the Sun.
• B) The northern and southern hemispheres have the same magnetic polarity, which reverses every 11 years.
• C) The northern and southern hemispheres have opposite magnetic polarity, which reverses every 11 years.
• D) The poles of the Sun have the opposite magnetic polarity from the equator, which reverses every 11 years.

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