The Sun And Earth's Atmosphere

Question 1

Temperature of the surface of the sun

Answer 1

5500-6000°C

Question 2

Temperature of the corona

Answer 2

3 million °C

Question 3

Another name for come and go

Answer 3

Wax and wane

Question 4

The atmosphere is considered a shell of _____ around the earth

Answer 4

Gas

Question 5

Charged particles that enter earth’s atmosphere appear as _____ ,and result in natural light displays called _____

Answer 5

Optical emissions

Auroras

Question 6

_____ are created by the sun’s magnetic field

Answer 6

Sunspots

Question 8

Wax and wane cycle happens every _____ years

Answer 8

11

Question 9

Last polar reversal

Answer 9

2013

Question 10

_____ and _____ keep the sun from blowing up

Answer 10

Fusion and gravity

Question 11

_____ and _____ make the sun stronger and more tangled like a spring

Answer 11

Stress and strain

Question 12

CME stands for

Answer 12

Coronal Mass Ejection

Question 13

Different types of solar storms

Answer 13

Solar flares and CMEs

Question 14

This is where you can find the coldest place on earth

Answer 14

Mesosphere

Question 15

Earth’s _____ deflects most of the solar wind

Answer 15

Magnetic field

Question 18

The sun produces _____ and they travel in the form of waves

Answer 18

Protons

Question 19

Where auroras occur

Answer 19

Ionosphere in the Thermosphere

Question 20

Ozone hole can be found over _____

Answer 20

Antarctica

Question 21

99% of water vapor is found here

Answer 21

Troposphere

Question 22

Solar flares occurs __________ during solar maximum

Answer 22

Several times a day

Question 23

This is where the ozone layer is found

Answer 23

Stratosphere

Question 25

The mesosphere can reach temperatures such as _____

Answer 25

-90°C

Question 27

When altitude goes up, temperature decreases

Answer 27

Indirect

Question 28

The ozone hole was to believe to occur due to the use of _____

Answer 28

CFCs

Question 29

Earth’s magnetic field protects is from _____

Answer 29

Space weather

Question 31

Geomagnetic storms on earth occur every _____ years

Answer 31

500

Question 32

Absorbs gamma and x rays

Answer 32

Thermosphere

Question 34

______ earths can fit inside of the sun

Answer 34

1 million

Question 37

In this layer, as altitude goes up, so does the temperature

Answer 37

Thermosphere

Question 38

Pauses are located at the _____ as boundaries between layers and is based on temperatures

Answer 38

Top

Question 39

Highest pressure is found in this layer

Answer 39

Troposphere

Question 41

Where meteoroids burn

Answer 41

Mesosphere

Question 43

When altitude goes up, temperature goes up

Answer 43

Direct

Question 45

The mesopause can be found between the _____ and the _____

Answer 45

Mesosphere and thermosphere

Question 46

Crossing of magnetic field protrusions lead to _____

Answer 46

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)

Question 49

Solar flares occur __________ during solar minimum

Answer 49

Once a week or less

Question 54

Seeds of GCRs are believed to start _____

Answer 54

Clouds

Question 55

_____% of CMEs are directed at earth

Answer 55

10

Question 56

Similarities between comets and asteroids

Answer 56

Small solar bodies in the solar system

Crash into earth

Question 58

The catastrophic collapse of a star

Answer 58

Supernova

Question 60

Earth’s early atmosphere didn’t contain _____

Answer 60

Oxygen

Question 61

Differences between comets and asteroids

Answer 61

Comet:
Made of ice, dust, frozen gases, and other compounds
More eccentric orbit

Asteroids:
More likely to hit earth
Small, rock objects around the sun
Contain amino acids

Question 64

Magnetic disturbances that rise to the surface of the sun from below result to _____ or _____ on the sun’s surface

Answer 64

Loops or prominences

Question 66

Waxe and wane cycle leads to _____ of the _____

Answer 66

Reversal

Magnetic poles

Question 72

_____ lead to a corona around the sun

Answer 72

Plasma jets

Question 82

Changes in the sun’s magnetic field lead to _____

Answer 82

Solar storms