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The northern lights (aurora borealis)

The northern lights (aurora borealis) The northern lights are named after the roman goddess of dawn aurora And the Greek name for the north wind Did you know That Jupiter has lights to ?

Where they appear The aurora • The northern lights appear at • An aurora is a natural light between 60 and 72 degrees display in the sky ,usually occurs north and south latitude. in the polar regions • They can occur out side the • Auroras do occur in the deeper polar region but no further than polar regions but are infrequent the temperate climate and harder to see • Auroras occur in the polar regions because there are deep cracks in the earths magnetic field here

Quiz time • Have a pen and paper ready • Now here come the questions

1.Q Where can you see the lights in latitude ? QUIZ 2.Q What are they named after? Can you remember what was in the slides ? 3.Q Which other planet has aurora? Lets find out 1.A ,Between 60 and 72 degrees latitude 2.A,the roman goddess of dawn aurora 3.A Jupiter

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1.Q Where can you see the lights in latitude ? QUIZ 2.Q What are they named after ? Can you remember what was in the slides ? Lets find out 3.Q Which other planet has an aurora? 1.A,Between 60 degrees 72 latitude 2.A,The roman goddess of dawn Aurora 3.A, Jupiter