Part 1: Use complete sentences to explain why solar storms occur.

Part 2: Give two examples in which solar storms impact Earth.

A geomagnetic storm (commonly referred to as a solar storm) is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave and/or cloud of magnetic field that interacts with the Earth's magnetic field.

Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, high-speed solar wind, and solar energetic particles are all forms of solar activity.