THE SUN

Mason, Grace, and Aiden are planning a summer project on the solar system. While researching, they are focusing on the sun and its structure. They are trying to figure out, 'How many layers are there in the outer or main part of the sun?'

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 1

During a summer vacation, Samuel, Michael, and Benjamin visited a science museum. In the space exhibit, they learned that _______ are cool, dark areas on the sun.

• Solar flares

• Sunspots

• Coronal mass ejections

• Solar prominences

Nora, Abigail, and Evelyn are studying about the Sun in their science class. They learned about a phenomenon called 'solar wind'. Can you help them understand what causes this solar wind?

• Nuclear fusion in the Sun's core

• Gravitational pull of the Earth

• High temperature and high pressure of the Sun's corona

• Magnetic field of the Moon

During a summer vacation, William, Jackson, and Abigail visited a science museum. They came across an exhibit about the sun and learned that the sun's atmosphere consists of three layers. These layers are ___________.

• photosphere, troposphere, and corona.

• photosphere, chromosphere, and magnetosphere.

• photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

• photosphere, stratosphere, and corona.

Noah, Emma, and Zoe are studying astronomy and they learned that the sun makes up a significant portion of the solar system. Can you guess what percent of the solar system is made up by the sun?

• 0.14%

• 50%

• 75%

• 99.86%

Aiden, Mia, and Abigail are studying about the sun in their science class. Their teacher explained that the layer of the sun surrounding the core is the ______________.

• radiative zone

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• convection zone

During a school project on solar system, Daniel noticed a plasma loop flowing between sunspots in a video. He asked Luna, 'What is this phenomenon called?' Luna replied, 'It's a _____________.'

• coronal mass ejection

• solar wind

• sunspot

• solar prominence

Aiden, Lily, and Mason were studying for their science exam. They came across a question about the process where the nuclei of atoms merge together to form new, heavier chemical elements. They remembered this process is called ________.

• nuclear fusion

• atomic fusion

• nuclear fusion reaction

• nuclear fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Priya, Olivia, and Grace were studying about the sun for their science project. They learned that the _________ is the outermost layer of the sun.

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

Priya is looking at the sky during the day and sees the sun. Arjun tells her that the sun is a star. Is Arjun's statement true?

• The sun is a planet.

• True

• The sun is a moon.

• False.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1