Solar System
What is the planet closest to the sun?
Mercury
Where does the light of moon come from?
The sun
What layer of the atmosphere is closest to the Earth?
Troposphere
How many miles is the sun from the Earth?
93,000,000 (93 Million)
The aurora borealis is seen in the Southern Hemisphere.
False (Northern Hemisphere)
What is the brightest planet in the sky?
Venus
What phase is the moon in when you cannot see the moon?
New Moon
What is the layer of the atmosphere where all weather occurs?
Troposphere
What is the innermost section of the sun called?
The core
Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus
True
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What happens when the moon travels through the Earth's Shadow?
Lunar Eclipse
What is the top most layer of the atmosphere? (Farthest from Earth)
Exosphere
What are the darker areas on the outside of the sun called?
Sun Spots
At sea level, air pressure is about 15 pounds per square inch.
True
What is Earth's "twin planet"?
Venus
What happens when the moon is on the same level as the sun and blocks out the sun's light?
Solar Eclipse
What is the layer in the stratosphere that helps protect the Earth from ultraviolet rays?
Ozone layer
What is the atmosphere of the sun called?
Chromosphere
Jupiter is surrounded by seven bands or rings and sixty moons.
False (Saturn)
Name the 8 planets in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name all of the phases of the moon.
New moon, crescent, 3rd quarter, gibbous, full moon, 1st quarter
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from the Earth. (5)
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
What is the surface layer of the sun that is visible to the eye called?
Photosphere
A light display seen near the poles caused by the collisions of particles from the solar wind with molecules of air is called airglow.
False (Aurora)