Aurora Borealis
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
A
l
k
A state in northwestern North America
2.
A
r
t
c
a
An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the ___ Circle
3.
A
r
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field (plural)
4.
A
u
r
An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following
5.
C
n
d
Country north of the USA known for maple syrup
6.
C
r
a
The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
7.
E
r
c
i
t
Energy made available by the flow of ___ charge through a conductor
8.
I
s
h
e
e
The outer region of the Earth's atmosphere
9.
M
g
t
c
Of or relating to or caused by ___
11.
M
o
u
e
The simplest structural unit of an element or compound (plural)
12.
N
o
g
n
A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas
13.
O
x
g
Gas in the air that we need to breathe
14.
P
s
m
A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion
15.
R
s
i
Biggest country in the world by area
16.
S
l
t
e
Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
17.
S
e
b
e
The month following August and preceding October
18.
S
u
s
A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere
19.
N
t
W
d
A ___ that blows from the ___
20.
S
W
i
d
A stream of protons moving radially from the sun
21.
M
g
e
o
p
r
The ___ field of a planet
22.
P
t
i
The priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles (plural)
23.
e
c
r
s
An elementary particle with negative charge (plural)
24.
p
o
t
A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (plural)