| A | B |
|---|
| you can see the aurora borealis in this hemisphere | Northern |
| distance the earth and the sun | 93,000,000 miles |
| things the sun does for man | lights earth, warms earth, gives food to living things |
| 78% of the air | nitrogen |
| how many lbs per sq in. in the air pressure at sea level? | 15 |
| layer of atomosphere closest to the earth | troposphere |
| all weather occurs in this atmosphere | troposphere |
| helps protect earth from ultraviolent rays | ozone layer |
| true or false: ozone layer is found in the stratosphere | TRUE |
| atmosphere of the sun | chromosphere |
| we can see this surface layer of the sun | photosphere |
| if there is a total eclipse, we can see this vapor blanket surrounding the sun | corona |
| true or false: darker areas on the outer surface of the sun are called solar flares | FALSE |
| Uranus's neighbor that is much like it | Neptune |
| brightest planet in the sky | Venus |
| planet discovered by Sir William Herschel | Uranus |
| planet with Great Red Spot | Jupiter |
| red planet | Mars |
| the phenomenon that occurs in the lower regions of the thremosphere | airglow |
| true or false: erath is protected by a magnetic field | TRUE |
| tis atmosphere helps protects the earth from too many meteroids | mesosphere |
| topmost layer of the earth | exosphere |
| light of the moon comes from | the sun |
| occurs when the moon travels through the earth's shadow | lunar eclipse |
| occurs when the moon is on the same level as the sun | solar eclipse |
| innermost section of the sun | core |
| Earth's "twin" | Venus |
| this planet is tipped over onit's side | Uranus |
| smallest planet | Pluto |
| largest planet in the solar system | Jupiter |
