7.1.6 Sun

What is a band of colored or white light in the atmosphere caused by charged particles from the sun interactng with the earth's upper atmosphere?

• Borealis

• Rainbow

• Aurora

• Ray

What is the first layer of the sun's atmosphere?

• Clouds

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Troposphere

What is the zone on the sun where convection currents bring energy to the sun's surface and take gas back into the sun?

• Radiative Zone

• Transfer Zone

• Weather Zone

• Convection Zone

What is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?

• Corona

• Aurora

• Rays

• Radiative Zone

What term describes the sun's surface which radiates visible light?

• Radiosphere

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

• Radiative Zone

What is a fiery burst of gas from the sun that rises thousands of kilometers into the air?

• Solar Flare

• Solar Storm

• Sun Spot

• Prominence

What is the zone on the sun where energy from the sun's core moves toward the sun's surface?

• Convection Zone

• Antigravity Zone

• Radiative Zone

• Chromosphere