Birth of the Earth - Part 3

Pre-viewing questions
  1. What is 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) in degrees Celsius (°C)?
  2. What is 8,000 °F in Kelvin (K)?
  3. What is 1 million miles (mi) in kilometres (km)?
  4. What is 5.10 pounds (lbs) in kilograms (kg)?
  5. What is 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) in degrees Celsius (°C)?
  6. What is 2,000 °F in Kelvin (K)?

Watch the video from 12:00 to 19:40, and answer the questions below.

Birth of the Earth (50:05)


Questions

  1. How hot is the surface of the sun?
  2. What is solar wind?
  3. What does radiation do to living things?
  4. What does solar wind do to a planet's atmosphere?
  5. Where did the densest elements, such as lead, end up on Earth?
  6. What kind of a field is created by Earth's core?
  7. What is this field called?
  8. What causes the aurora borealis and the aurora australis?