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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