The New Philadelphia High School Science Club has a riddle for you to tackle. Are you up to the challenge?

The New Philadelphia Science Club is back with another science question in The Times-Reporter. Each week a new science-related question will be given. Everyone is invited to participate by either mailing the answer to the club at the address below or simply emailing the answer to the address given. At the end of the school year several winners will be chosen from all the correct entries to receive a prize. To participate in this drawing, send your answer to:

New Philadelphia High School-Room 331

343 Ray Ave. NW

New Philadelphia, OH 44663

Email answers to: Houmards@npschools.org

Last week’s answer

The answer to last week’s question is A. Male honey bees have one set of chromosomes (making them haploid). Male drone bees (opposed to female worker bees) are responsible for offering genetic diversity by mating with a queen bee from another hive. The queen is diploid with eggs that are haploid. On her mating flight, sperm collects into her oviducts from 10-20 drones, all of which have been killed with their release of sperm. When releasing her eggs, only some are fertilized by pressing against her spermathecal duct. The eggs that are released without being fertilized become male bees. They only have the DNA from the queen eggs that only offer one set of chromosomes.

This week’s question

On Aug. 21, 2017, we experienced the solar eclipse in New Philadelphia. We weren’t located in the path of totality, but could still view the eclipse. The eclipse triggered a more global phenomenon. The eclipse that crossed the United States caused a wave in the atmosphere that was detected nearly an hour later from Brazil. The wave was produced by the motion of the moon’s shadow. The shadow cooled the atmosphere below it. The cold spot then acted like a sink, sucking in the warmer air ahead of it and causing a ripple in the atmosphere as the cold spot moved across the globe. In what part of the atmosphere did this wave occur? This was the first time that a wave was observed in this part of the atmosphere following an eclipse.

A. charged ionosphere

B. charged mesosphere

C. neutral mesosphere

D. neutral thermosphere