The Sun and Stars

The sun is a ____ - sized star.

• large

• medium

• small

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or False: The sun is the only star in our solar system.

• true

• false

What do we call stars that are 300 times larger than our sun?

• giants

• supergiants

• asteroids

• planets

Scientists use the shape and ___ of planets' orbits to determine the sun's mass and volume.

• size

• location

• speed

• pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

True or False: The sun has no hard surfaces.

• true

• false

What is the mass of the sun?

• 2 million kilograms

• 2 million trillion kilograms

• 2 million million trillion kilograms

• 2 million trillion trillion kilograms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The volume of the sun is equivalent to ___ earths.

• 1 million

• 15 million

• 1 trillion

• 100 million

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The inner core of the sun can reach ___.

• 5,500 degrees Celsius

• 5 million degrees Celsius

• 15 million degrees Celsius

• 15 billion degrees Celsius

What is the innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere?

• the core

• the photosphere

• the chromosphere

• the corona

What layer of the sun's atmosphere gives off light?

• the core

• the photosphere

• the chromosphere

• the corona