How Does The Sun Make Energy?

In nuclear fusion, smaller atoms are forced together to create larger atoms. Does this process release, absorb or maintain energy?

• Absorb energy
• Maintain energy
• Release energy

the smallest particles of matter that still retain the characteristics of that element are called

• atoms
• nuclei
• dust 
• molecule

When hydrogen is "fused" together on the Sun, what new element is created?

• Helium

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Light

When is a star born?

• when the nebula starts spinning
• nuclear fusion starts
• when gas and dust starts to contract
• when x rays get emitted

An explosion that occurs at the end of a massive star’s life is a              

• black hole
• supernova
• white dwarf
• nebula

a dense positively charged sub atomic particle is called a 

• proton
• neutron
• electron
• plasma

This type of reaction occurs on the sun and in stars.

• Fission
• Fusion
• synthesis
• decomposition

What are the products of a nuclear fusion reaction?

• A new element

• A new element plus mass

• A new larger element plus energy

• A new smaller element plus energy

What is the solar process that results in the production of energy?

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• convection

• radiation

Where in the Sun does the production of energy take place?

• the corona

• the photosphere

• the core

• the chromosphere