The Aurora Borealis Lights are, without doubt, one of the most spectacular views on earth. Also knows as the Northern Lights, which can be seen in the Arctic circle, appear when tiny particles stream out from the Sun and hit Earth’s atmosphere.
The particles give some of their energy to atoms and molecules of gases in the upper atmosphere. But the atoms and molecules cannot hold the energy. They quickly give it off as another kind of energy—the colors of light that we call the aurora.
These lights occur most often around the North Pole and South Pole because the incoming particles have an electric charge. As the particles arrive, Earth’s magnetic field guides them toward the poles.
Click here to watch a video showing them at their best.
What do the lights remind you of?
What colors can you see?
Challenge question: Do you think they would still exist if the Arctic melted?
Please post your answers below.
The lights remind me of a disco party, the colours I can see are pink blue and mostly green and I think they would still exist if the artic melted because Its not an animal and its natural there so it probably wont go.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think so.
ReplyDelete1. they remind me of electric.
ReplyDelete2. Green and Blue.
3. no because the sun temperature will change.
Thanks for your answers above everyone The 'lights' would in fact disappear as they reflect upon the ice. So without the ice, there would be no reflection. - Miss Oner
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