Question

How are the Sun’s magnetic field and its activity cycle related?

Answer 1

Hint: As a first step, you could explain how the Sun’s magnetic field is produced. Then, you could explain how these fields cause the sun’s solar cycle. You should also mention the solar cycle effects on the sun’s activity. Thus, you will get the effects of the sun's magnetic field on its activity cycle.

Complete answer:
In the question, we are asked how the Sun’s magnetic field and its activity cycle are related to each other.
We know that the sun is known to be a magnetic star. Also, the Sun’s magnetic field is known to undergo a cycle every 11 years and this cycle is called the solar cycle. The movement of the huge ball of electrically charged hot gas is the reason behind the generation of powerful magnetic fields. The complete flipping of the Sun's magnetic field occurs every 11 years. By flipping we mean the switching of North and south poles. Now that we have discussed the solar cycle, let's see how the activity of the sun is being affected by this cycle. You may know that the sunspots are very closely related to the sun’s magnetic fields. So the solar cycle has a direct effect on the sunspots.
In fact, we could even keep track of the solar cycle from the number of sunspots present. We mark the beginning of a cycle when this number is found to be the minimum and during the middle of the cycle this number is found to be the maximum.
In addition, the solar flares and coronal mass ejections which are giant eruptions found on the sun also increase during the cycle.

Note:
We know that the sun is very far away from the earth. However, the activities on the sun do have an effect on earth. They could even impact the radio communications. When the eruptions on the sun are extreme, chances are there that the electricity grids on the earth may get affected.