Fusion and Transfer of Energy Pre-Assessment

Fusion in the Sun can only occur under conditions of extreme

• heat and energy

• energy and light

• heat and pressure

• pressure and gravity

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The process of how light gets from the sun to the Earth is called

• precipitation

• granulation

• photosphere

• radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The ___________ of a star determines the color of the star.

• shape

• temperature

• location

• distance

Identify the layers of the sun from the center outward.

• Radiative Zone, photosphere, corona, chromosphere, convection zone, core

• Core, photosphere, corona, chromosphere, convection zone, Radiative Zone,

• Core, Radiative Zone, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona

• Core, chromosphere, Radiative Zone, photosphere, corona, convection zone

The sun's core is ____________ the Earth's core.

• the same size as

• the same temperature as

• cooler than

• much hotter than

How does the energy move outward from the sun's radiative zone?

• convection

• evaporation

• granulation

• gravitation

Our star, the Sun, is a ______________ star.

• Main sequence

• Nebula

• Protostar

Which element makes up the majority of the sun?

• oxygen and hydrogen

• oxygen and nitrogen

• helium and carbon

• hydrogen and helium

The process where hydrogen are combined to create Helium and give off tremendous quantities of energy...

• Nuclear fission

• Nuclear fusion

• Gravity

• Explosion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

In a star, ___ atoms of hydrogen fuse together to make ___ atom(s) of helium and lots of energy.

• 2, 1

• 3, 1

• 4, 2

• 4, 1

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8