Question #1. Review the interactive titled “Our Solar System” located at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfmLinks to an external site.. Pick two planets from our solar system. Compare and contrast the two planets in terms of composition, location, environment, and potential to harbor life.

Question #2. Watch the video titled “Sun 101” (3 min 22 sec). Video Source: WGBH (2013). Sun 101 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/sun/1/1Links to an external site./. Analyze the processes that occur in each layer of the sun, and how researchers study these layers using indirect methods.