Structure of the Sun

​Quizizz Recovery - The Sun

SC.8.E.5.6: Create models of solar properties including: rotation, structure of the Sun, convection, sunspots, solar flares, and prominences.

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What is the closest star to the Earth?

• Sirius A

• Betelguese

• Rigel

• Our Sun

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The sun is mostly composed of helium and

• carbon

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

• zinc

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The full range of energy in sunlight can be described as

• ATP

• Visible Light

• Electromagnetic Radiation

• Ultraviolet Light

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A nuclear reaction in which two lighter nuclei combine to form a single heavier nucleus and some of the original mass is converted to energy

• Fusion

• Fission

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The very dense layer that blocks energy.

• chromosphere

• core

• photosphere

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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The layer of the sun where the energy is made.

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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The layer where gases circulate.

• chromosphere

• core

• photosphere

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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The part of the sun we can see.

• chromosphere

• core

• photosphere

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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The thin layer below the corona.

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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The sun's outer atmosphere.

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

• convective zone

• radiative zone

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What are the dark spots on the sun that are cooler than the area around them?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

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What are huge LOOPS of gas/plasma erupting from the Sun's surface?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

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What are huge EXPLOSIONS of gas/plasma that occur near sunspots?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

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True or False. All areas of the sun spin at the same speed.

• True

• False

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The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:

• coronal discharge
• solar flares
• coronal ejection
• solar winds