Earth Science

Question 1

What are the layers of the sun?

Answer 1

Corona
Core
Chromosphere
Radiation Zone
Photosphere
Convection Zone

Question 2

What is the site of nuclear fusion in the sun?

Answer 2

Core

Question 3

What is the layer we see in the sun?

Answer 3

Photosphere

Question 4

It is the outermost part of the sun?

Answer 4

Corona

Question 5

The second layer of the sun?

Answer 5

Chromosphere

Question 6

How hot is the sun?

Answer 6

15 million degrees Celsius or 27 million degrees Fahrenheit to 10 thousand degrees Fahrenheit or 5500 degrees Celsius

Question 7

It is a stream of high energy particles sent into space?

Answer 7

Solar Wind

Question 8

It causes aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere and aurora australis in the southern hemisphere

Answer 8

Solar Wind

Question 9

This are storms that look like huge arches in the sun and may last for a few days?

Answer 9

Prominence

Question 10

These are more intense than prominence and only lasts for 15 minutes.

Answer 10

Solar flares

Question 11

These are cool black storm areas in the sun?

Answer 11

Sunspots

Question 12

What is the sequence of the planets in the solar system

Answer 12

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Asteroids
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Question 13

What are the notes regarding the sun?

Answer 13

It’s energy comes from nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium and is more than 100x the diameter of Earth.

Question 14

What are the notes for Mercury?

Answer 14

This planet is rocky and is 2/5x the diameter of Earth

Question 15

What are the notes for Venus?

Answer 15

Hottest planet in the solar system.
It rotates from east to west (clockwise).
It is referred to as the Morning Star.
It is slightly shorter than earth.

Question 16

What are the notes for earth?

Answer 16

Slightly larger than Venus. Rocky surface

Question 17

What are the notes for Moon?

Answer 17

It is 1/4 the diameter of earth. It causes the tides in Earth. It has the same period off rotation as period of revolution.

Question 18

What are the notes for Mars?

Answer 18

It is half the diameter of Earth, it is referred to as the Red Planet. Has a rocky surface.

Question 19

Asteroid

Answer 19

Referred to as minor planets

Question 20

What are the notes for Jupiter?

Answer 20

11 times the diameter of earth and the largest planet in the solar system. Gaseous

Question 21

What are the notes for Saturn?

Answer 21

9 and a half times larger than the diameter of earth. It is gaseous

Question 22

What are the notes for Uranus?

Answer 22

4 times larger than the diameter of Earth. Icy and rotates counter-clockwise like Earth

Question 23

What are the notes for Neptune?

Answer 23

It is 3 and a half larger than the diameter of Earth. it has a icy surface.

Question 24

What are the notes for Pluto?

Answer 24

only 1/5 the size of the diameter of Earth. THe coldest celestial body in the solar system. Tilted and elongated orbit.

Question 25

It is regarded as dirty snowballs?

Answer 25

comets

Question 26

It has a head or nucleus of ice and rock and tails of dust and gas.

Answer 26

comets

Question 27

It is a chunk of rock or metal smaller than an asteroid

Answer 27

meteoroid

Question 28

it is a meteoroid that burns up in the atmosphere or also referred to as a shooting star

Answer 28

meteor