Booklet #3 and #4

Question 1

What is one fact about the Troposhere

Answer 1

weather is formed here

Question 2

what is one fact about the Stratosphere

Answer 2

Ozone layer jet stream [where the jet and planes cruise]

Question 3

what is one fact about the Mesosphere

Answer 3

Protection of the meteor, coldest layer

Question 4

what is one fact about the Thermosphere

Answer 4

Hottest layer, widest layer, least amount of molluculls

Question 5

what is one fact about the Ionosphere

Answer 5

Electrically charged ion, Northern lights from.

Question 6

what is the one fact about the Exosphere

Answer 6

Satellites orbit here

Question 7

what are three reasons why are planet Earth is the
planet in our solar system that we know is able to
support life?

Answer 7

Liquid water
Breathable atmosphere
Right distance from the sun . (temperature)

Question 8

What do the words emit and reflect mean? What objects

in space emit light? What objects in space reflect light?

Answer 8

Emit gives off/creates light. ex:sun, stars
Reflect light bounces off. ex: moon,comets, planets,
meters

Question 9

Why is it harmful to look at the sun with your naked eye?

What are two safe methods for viewing the sun?

Answer 9

Uv rays can cause permanent eye damage. 2 methods are: 1 pinhole camera or 2 welders glasses.

Question 10

What positions do the Earth, the moon and and the sun
have to be in for a partial or total solar eclipse to occur ?
Draw a diagram.

Answer 10

Earth Moon Sun

Question 11

why do the sun appear to move across the sky each day ?

Answer 11

Earths rotation

Question 12

What causes night and day

Answer 12

Rotation of the Earth

Question 13

What is the difference between indirect and direct (slanting) rays from the Sun?What causes the rays to become more or less Direct

Answer 13

Direct Rays stronger warmer
Indirect rays cooler
Revolution of the Earth

Question 14

What are two reasons the Earth experience four different seasons each year?

Answer 14

1 Tilt of the axis

2 Revolution

Question 15

When do the fall and spring equinoxes occur ? When do the summer and winter solstices occur? What happens to the amount of daylight on each of these dates? What Causes solstices and equinoxes?

Answer 15

Spring- March 21st Summer- June 21st most daylight
Fall-September 21st Winter- December 21st most Darkness
=>Equal hours of day
And night. Tilt of axis and revolution around the Sun.

Question 16

How Do the seasons compare in the northern and southern hemisphere?

Answer 16

They are opposite

North H -summer >South H- winter