SUN

What is the study of the universe and how it changes with time?

• Meteorology

• Astronomy

• Botany

• Zoology

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Who studies the planets and the sun in our own solar system, as well as other stars, solar systems, galaxies, and the whole universe?

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Astronomers

• Chemist

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Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Moon

• Mars

• Venus

• Sun

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The surface of the sun is called ______________________.

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• sunspots

• flares

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__________________ are darker,cooler areas on the sun's photosphere.

• corona

• sunspots

• flares

• solar wind

Which is the layer of the sun made of hydrogen and helium, about 1500 kilometer thick?

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• prominences

• sunspots

Which is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?

• solar wind

• corona

• sunspots

• chromosphere

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

• True

• False

How many years will it take for the sun and the eight planets to travel around the Milky Way once?

• about 100 million years

• about 125 million years

• about 225 million years

• about 250 million years

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What holds Earth and all other planets together?

• Heat and Light

• Magnetisim

• Gravitational Pull

• Electricity

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