What is a star?

What is a star?

Week 10 session 3

Stars

are fiery ball of hot gases that give off radiation of heat and light

Multiple Choice

The sun is a ____-

• planet

• rock

• star

• type of moons

Sun is a medium-sized star

yet its the biggest (in terms of mass and volume) object in the solar system

Multiple Choice

Sun is the biggest star in space

• True

• False

Sun's physical characteristics

• Its a hot fiery ball of gases

• gives of radiation of heat and light

• has strong magnetic field

• has strong gravitational pull

Multiple Choice

What are the three out layers of the sun's atmosphere (from outside towards the core)

• Hydrosphere,lithosphere,biosphere

• atmosphere,biosphere,geosphere

• Corona,chromosphere,photosphere

• troposphere,lithosphere,atmosphere

Multiple Choice

__________ are dark spots on the photosphere of the sun

• Sunspots

• Solar flare

• Solar wind

• Solar eruption

Multiple Choice

__________ resembles Earth's volcanoes

• Sunspots

• Solar wind

• Solar flare

• Prominence

Multiple Choice

Solar flares appear then disappear in months

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Solar prominence appears to be

• a bomb

• a glowing ribbon of gases

• an explosion

• dark spot