Properties of the Sun

The Sun is in the center of our Solar System. True or False

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What takes up about 70% of the sun. (Hint: what it's MOSTLY made of)

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Helium

• Carbon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What are TWO things that happen on the surface of the Sun?

• Sunspots

• Explosions

• Solar Flares

• Greenspots

A dark spot on the photosphere of the sun

• corona
• solar flare
• sunspot
• magnitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The visible surface of the sun

• galaxy
• universe
• corona
• photosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Moving areas of magnetic activity with temperatures that are cooler than the area of the photosphere

• Photosphere
• Corona
• Sunspots
• Prominence

Sudden, intense explosions that result in changes in brightness when magnetic energy is released.

• Prominences
• Solar Flare
• Sunspot
• Photosphere

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Bright arch-like loops that may erupt from the photosphere into the corona

• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Prominences
• Photosphere

Energy released from _________ can cause damage to the International Space Station, disrupt radio and electrical transmissions on Earth, and cause Auroras in the skies near the North and South Poles

• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Prominences
• Corona

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

These colored bands of light in the sky are called ___.

• auroras
• solar flares
• solar prominences
• sun spots

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NGSS.HS-PS2-5