Chapter 10.2 Exit Ticket: The Sun and Stars

What protects Earth from solar winds?

• The poles

• The moon's gravity

• The magnetic field and the atmosphere

• The tidal range

What is the sun mostly made up of

• Helium
• Core
• Carbon
• Hydrogen

What features can you see on the sun

• sunspots & prominences
• The core
• The moon 
• Earth

What happens during nuclear fusion

• Hydrogen reacts with Oxygen to create fire.
• Hydrogen atoms are forced together to create Helium
• Uranium and Plutonium split apart and release radiation.
• Helium atoms break down to make hydrogen

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Why are sunspots darker than the surrounding areas?

• The hotter gas releases less light
• The Cooler gas releases less light
• They look that way because the light form the sun 
• They are created by shadows from the moon.

Can only be seen during a solar eclipse; outer layer; looks like a white halo

• corona
• photosphere
• core
• fusion

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These can disrupt electronics on Earth.

• Sunspots
• Solar flares
• Comets
• Mars

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The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

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When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?

• photosphere
• chromosphere
• corona
• convection zone

The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:

• coronal discharge
• solar flares
• coronal ejection
• solar winds