Solar System
What is the name of our solar system?
Milky Way
What Latin name is the word Sun derived from?
Sol
What is the driving force for the Earth?
Sun
What ancient civilizations saw the sun as the most important part of their religion
Aztecs and Egyptians
What would Earth be without the sun?
Cold and lifeless
What size star is our sun?
Medium
How many inner layers does the sun have?
3
The water cycle occurs because of what?
The Sun
When does a solar eclipse occur?
When the moon passed in front of the sun blocking out the sun temporarily
The Hubble Space Telescope
What star is our sun classified as?
How many layers are in the Earth's Atmosphere?
5
What are the three effects that can happen when you are unprotected from the sun?
damage to eyes, immune system, and skin
In the Egyptian religion, what was the sun carried acrost the earth in?
A chariot
What makes the sun expand?
The age
How many planets does our sun hold in with its gravitation pull?
8
What are the three inner layers of the sun?
Core, Radiative Zone, Convection Zone
What radiation wavelength range for UVA
320-400 nanometers
Is the Sun a renewable resource
Which will happen first: The sun exploding or the sun expanding to consume Earth?
The Sun expanding to consume Earth
Roughly how many galaxies are traveling in distance space?
200 Billion
How many outer layers does the sun have?
4
What causes humans to get cancer from the Sun?
UV Rays
What cultures revered to the sun as their god?
Aztecs and Egyptians
What gas will the sun lack when it extends?
Hydrogen