REVIEW: The Solar System

The source of the Sun's energy is

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• combustion

• magnetism

• radiation pressure

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The Earth's upper atmosphere near its magnetic poles can interact with energy from the Sun to cause:

• auroras

• fusion

• coronal mass ejections

• spicules

• sunspots

Fusion occurs in this portion of the Sun:

• corona

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• core

• radiation zone

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Brief explosive solar events are called solar:

• prominences

• granules

• sunspots

• flares

• blinkers

The Sun is made of mostly of which two (2) elements:

• helium

• silicates

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

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The star at the center of our solar system. It is the largest, most massive object in the solar system.

a

b

99.85%

0.15%

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The Sun is a​ (a)  

• plasma
• solid
• liquid
• gas

The Sun is a ​ (a)   star. It contains all of the colors of the visible spectrum.

• white
• yellow
• orange
• red
• blue
• violet
• green

Describe the process of fusion that occurs in the Sun:

Answer explanation

two hydrogen atoms combine to create one Helium atom, and a tremendous amount of energy is released.

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