Unit 7 - The Solar System

What element makes up most of the sun?

Burns up in Earth's atmosphere, often called a shooting star...

What happens on the sun that causes auroras?

A collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto

The outermost layer of the Sun's interior is the...

The joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium is called

when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon (longest/shortest day)

The outer most layer of the sun’s atmosphere that looks like a halo during a solar eclipse is..

What forces work together to cause orbits?

What is Earth's path around the Sun called?

When day and night are of equal length

Possible dangers of a coronal mass ejection..more than one answer.

Mars doesn't have plate tectonics this allows volcanoes on mars to

What does the Earth rotate on?

How long does it take the Earth to rotate?

Cooler areas on the sun due to convection currents decreasing are...

What moves energy throughout the sun?

How long is the sunspot cycle?

How many times a year are day and night time hours the same?

The Sun produces energy through...

Large eruptions of gas from the Sun out into space are called...

The layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off visible light is the...

According to Kepler's laws, a planet moves fastest in its orbit when it is