Solar System Formation + The Sun

What celestial body eventually evolved into our modern solar system?

• a nebula
• a supernova
• a quasar
• a galaxy

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Smaller particles collecting together into larger and larger objects is called . . .

• accretion
• contraction
• explosion
• rotation

A large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface

• Flares

• Star

• Prominence

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The area of the Sun where energy is transported by convection; occurs in the outer layer of the Sun

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

A layer of a star's interior where energy is primarily transported toward the exterior by means of radiative diffusion and thermal conduction, rather than by convection

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A sudden eruption of radiation from the surface of the Sun

• Prominence

• Solar Flare

• Suns Core

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The central part of Earth, composed of a solid inner core and a liquid outer core

• Center

• Core

• Mantle

What is the sun mostly made up of

• Helium
• Core
• Carbon
• Hydrogen

The number of Sunspots cycles from a few at high latitudes to many at lower latitudes. The number Sunspots varies with a cycle lasting…

• 5 years

• 9 years

• 11 years

• 15 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Particles thrown off the sun’s corona that can affect Earth’s magnetic field are called

• a coronal mass ejection.
• a coronal mass reflection
• nuclear fusion
• sunspots