Booklet #3 and #4

Question 1

what is a fact about the Troposphere?

Answer 1

Weather is formed here.

Question 2

what is one fact about the Stratosphere?

Answer 2

Ozone layer jet stream.(where the jets and planes cruise.

Question 3

what is one fact about the Mesosphere?

Answer 3

Protection of the meteor,coldest layer.

Question 4

what is a fact about the Thermosphere?

Answer 4

Hottest layer,widest layer,least amount of air molecules.

Question 5

what is one fact about the Ionosphere?

Answer 5

Electrically charged ion,Northern lights form.

Question 6

what is a fact about the Exosphere?

Answer 6

Satellites orbit here.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

1. Liquid water.
2. Breathable atmosphere.
3. 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 or creates light. EX: sun,stars
Reflect: light bounces off EX: moon,comets,planets, and meteors.

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 2: Welders mask.

Question 10

what positions do the Earth, the moon 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 does the sun appear to move across the sky each day?

Answer 11

Earth’s rotation.

Question 12

what causes night and day?

Answer 12

Rotation of the Earth.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Direct rays- Strong warmer Indirect Rays- Cooler Revolution of the Earth.

Question 14

What are two reasons that Earth experiences Four different seasons Each year?

Answer 14

1. Tilt of the axis

2. Revolution

Question 15

When do the spring and fall equinox occur? When do the summer and winter solstice occur?
What happens to the amount of daylight each of these dates? What causes Solstice and Equinoxes?

Answer 15

Spring-March 21st
Fall-September 21st
=> Equal Hours Of day And night Summer -June 21st Most daylight
Winter- December 21st most Darkness
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