Sun

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

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• combustion

• oxidation

Energy is created in the sun when two _____________ atoms join together to form a ______________ atom.

• helium, hydrogen

• carbon, hydrogen

• nitrogen, helium

• hydrogen, helium

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In which area of the sun does gas rise as it heats up, then fall back down as it cools (#3 in the diagram)?

• the core

• the radiation zone

• the convection zone

• the corona

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What layer of the sun's atmosphere gives the sun its "white halo" during a solar eclipse?

• convection zone

• photosphere

• corona

• radiation zone

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

• sunspots

• prominences

• coronal explosions

• solar winds

The number of sunspots on the sun varies in a cycle that is about how long?

• 6-8 years

• 10-11 years

• 13-15 years

• 365 days

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The sun makes up about _________ percent of the solar system's total mass.

• 90

• 95

• 99.8

• 90.9

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The sun converts matter into energy in the

• corona.

• radiative zone

• convection zone

• core

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What is this

• Prominence

• Sunspot

• Core

• Solar Flare

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These are the pretty lights that occur at the north and south poles.

• Photosphere
• Aurora
• Magnetic field
• Solar wind