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What is located immediately above the tropopause

The tropopause is the boundary layer in the Earth's atmosphere from the troposphere below and the stratosphere above.

Triton is a moon of this planet

Triton is one of Neptunes moons. It's the seventh largest moon in the solar system and neptunes largest moon, discovered in 1846. It's the only large moon which orbits it's planet in the opposite direction to the planets spin direction.

The hottest part of the sun

The very center of the core, where nuclear fusion is occurring; millions of degrees.

The first American to land on the moon flew in this spacecraft

Apollo 11

This is a space rock that is passing through the atmosphere

this is called a meteor.

This constellation pictures a musical instrument

lyra.

This planet has more moons than any other planet in your solar system

Saturn has more moons than any other planet in our solar system

Which of these galaxies is home for the earth

milky way

It forms a cross in the northern sky

Cyngus.

Active magnetic eruptions that burst into space from the surface of the sun are called

solar flares.

This planet is tipped on its side

With an axial tilt at about 97 degrees, Uranus is tipped on its side.

Which of these is not commonly found in a constellation

comets.

This outer planet can be seen from earth without the aid of a telescope

Jupiter

Which of these gases is present in the greatest percentage in the composition of the sun

Hydrogen

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Which of these is a global wind that wraps around the earth

jet stream

Warm air and cold air have densities

Yes! Warm air is less dense, which is why warm air rises. Cold air is more dense so that's why it sinks.

An instrument that measures relative humidity is called a what

psychrometer

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