Solar Properties

Which of the following best describes the composition of the Sun?

• Liquid nitrogen and solid magnesium

• Molten rock. primarily iron

• Dense and composed of hot gases

• Lightweight particles of dust

Which letter should be paired with the label Core?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Solar flares may be used to predict which of the following?

• A decrease in the production of helium in the Sun's core

• A rapid and dramatic change in the overall mass of the Sun

• The depletion of all the Sun's fuel in the near future

• An increase in radiation from the Sun reaching Earth

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Prominences are gigantic plumes of gases that rise up 161,000 kilometers in a loop shape, stretching from one side of a sunspot to the other. If one was building a model of the Sun, in what layer should these prominences be located?

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

• Radiation Zone

• Core

A diagram of the Sun is provided.

What label on the diagram is indicating the corona of the Sun?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The energy from the Sun that reaches Earth is the result of which of the following processes, repeated many times in the core of the Sun?

• The nuclei of two atoms are combined to form a single atom with a larger nucleus.

• Molecules are rearranged to form new substances with new properties.

• Compounds are broken down into smaller, less complex substances.

• An atomic nucleus spontaneously splits into two separate atoms with less mass.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Earth has recently experienced an increase in radiation from the Sun. What might have occurred recently on the Sun to result in this increase in radiation?

• A slowing of the Sun's rotation

• An increase in solar flares

• An increase in the Sun's mass

• A reduction in convection on the Sun

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Which layer of the sun has the least dense gas?

• Radiative zone

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Core

Which layer of the sun has the most dense gas?

• Radiative zone

• Core

• Corona

• Photosphere

Based on the graph when do you think will be the next spike in sunspots?

• 2010

• 2014

• 2021

• 2025