Sun Review - 1st

Put the levels of the sun in order from inside to outside.

• core, convective, radiative, chromosphere, photosphere, corona
• core, radiative, convective, photosphere, chromosphere, corona
• core, chromosphere, radiative, photosphere, coronoa, convective
• corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convective, radiative, core

This is the inner-most layer of the sun, where nuclear fusion happens. 

• core
• corona
• photosphere
• chromosphere

What is the temperature of the sun's core?

• 15,000
• 150,000
• 1,500,000
• 15,000,000

What happens during nuclear fusion?

• hydrogen splits into helium
• helium fuses into hydrogen
• hydrogen fuses into helium
• helium splits into hydrogen

This layer contains currents of rising and sinking gas that carry energy to the surface.

• radiative zone
• corona
• chromosphere
• convective zone

Outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, only seen during an eclipse.

• corona
• core
• chromosphere
• photosphere

Innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, produces the sun's light.

• chromosphere
• corona
• photosphere
• radiative zone

Produces the sun's reddish glow.

• chromosphere
• photosphere
• corona
• core

What layer can be seen here?

• chromosphere
• corona
• photosphere
• core

The radiative zone is shown by number ____.

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5