The Sun Review

What is the Sun mostly made of?

• Stars
• Hydrogen and Helium
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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

• Photosphere
• Corona
• Sunspots
• Prominence

The part of the Sun that we see

• Solar Flare
• Prominence
• Sunspot
• Photosphere

The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere

• Photospher
• Corona
• Sunspot
• Solar Flare

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

• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Prominences
• Photosphere

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

• Prominences
• Solar Flare
• Sunspot
• 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

The more _______ and object has, the more gravity it will have.

• mass

• weight

Which two things affect gravity?

• Mass and distance

• Weight and distance

• Weight and mass

Because of the balance between gravity and inertia all of the planets will...

• stay in orbit around the sun.

• all explode someday.