Aurora Borealis

The Northern lights are visible most of the year but can only be seen through a telescope.

• True

• False

Other than Earth which other planets in our solar system have auroras

Groups:

(a) Have Auroras

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(b) No Auroras

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Label the image

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b

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Sun flare

Aurora oval

Solar wind

Solar flare

Magnetic field

Aurora circle

Point where the magnetic field on the magnetic is strongest. There may be more than one place!

Why are their only no auroras at the equator and only the poles?

• The magnetic field not strong enough at the equator

• The magnetic field at the poles is strong enough to pull the solar wind's particles in

• It is too hot for the particles to become excited

• Days are too long and the nights too short

What is the most common aurora color

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Categorize the color associate with the element excited

Groups:

(a) Oxygen

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(b) Nitrogen

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This is an image of the aurora borealis from ______

The lights are 100 to ___ km up in the sky.

Match the following terms

• Aurora Borealis

• From the Roman

  goddess, meaning

  “Dawn”

• Aurora

• The field around

  earth with

  positive and

  negative “poles”

  that attract

• Magnetic Field

• Extra particles

  released from the

  sun that go off

  into space

• Solar Wind

• Aurora lights in

  the Northern

  Hemisphere of

  Earth

• Aurora Australis

• Aurora lights in

  the Southern

  Hemisphere of

  Earth