ES 24.3 Formative

The four main parts of the sun are the solar interior, the visible surface (photosphere), the chromosphere, and the _____.

• corona

• sunspots

• prominence

• aurora

The layer of the sun that radiates most of the sunlight we can see.

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• corona

• solar interior

The outermost part of the sun's atmosphere.

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• corona

• solar interior

The relatively thin layer of the sun's atmosphere that can be observed during a total solar eclipse.

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• corona

• solar interior

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A dark region on the surface of the photosphere.

• solar flare

• aurora

• sunspot

• prominence

Brief bright outbursts, lasting about an hour, and are associated with sunspot clusters.

• solar flare

• aurora

• sunspot

• prominence

Another name for the northern and southern lights is _____.

• auroras

• solar flares

• sunspots

• prominences

The sun produces energy through nuclear fission.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

When four hydrogen nuclei are converted into the nucleus of a helium atom.

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• solar flare

• solar wind

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Different parts of the sun rotate at different speeds.

• true

• false