Astronomy Basics

The sun is what type of star?

• Red Giant

• Main Sequence

• Blue Giant

• White Dwarf

What layer of the sun can we see?

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

• photosphere

Red shifted stars...

• are moving towards us

• are moving away from us

• are not moving at all

• are about to enter supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How far away is our sun?

• 93,000 miles

• 93,000,000 miles

• 43,000 miles

• 43,000,000 miles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The sun's light takes how many minutes to reach Earth?

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 8

The outermost layer of the sun.

• core

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• corona

The sunspots on the sun are usually ________ than surrounding areas

• cooler

• warmer

Solar flares are so large that which object could fit through them?

• our entire solar system

• Jupiter

• Earth

• The milky way galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

List the stars in order from hottest to coolest.

• Blue, White, Red, Yellow

• Blue, White, Yellow, Red

• Red, Yellow, White, Blue

• Red, White, Yellow, Blue

Circumpolar stars appear to circle ______________.

• Deneb

• Altaire

• Polaris

• Orion