ESS 29.1 Practice Quiz

Process of combining nuclei of small atoms into more massive nuclei.

• Nuclear fusion

• Nuclear fission
• Nucleic Fusion
• Nucleic Fission

The central part of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs.

• Radiative zone
• Core
• Convective zone
• Photosphere

Thin layer of gases, just above the photosphere.

• Corona
• Convective zone
• Chromosphere
• Radiative zone

The area between the core and the convective zone in which energy moves by radiation.

• Corona
• Photosphere
• Chromosphere
• Radiative zone

Positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom.

• Proton
• Neutron
• Electron
• Positron

Neutral particle in the nucleus of the atom.

• Proton
• Neutron
• Electron
• Positron

Negatively charged particle on the outside of an atom.

• Proton
• Neutron
• Electron
• Positron

The area between the radiative zone and the photosphere where energy is carried upward by the movement of gases.

• Core
• Chromosphere
• Corona
• Convective zone

The visible surface of the sun.

• Photosphere
• Convective Zone

• Corona
• Chromosphere

What effect does the magnetic field of the sun’s corona have on subatomic particles?

• It stops all of them.
• It stops some of them.
• It cannot stop any of them.
• It causes the sun to be polarized.