book 3 part 2

What gives the Sun its light and heat?

• Spinning gas rings
• Moving icy rocks
• Burning forest fires
• Smashing small atoms
• Catching space dust

What is the Sun mostly made of?

• Hard rock pieces
• Heavy metal clouds
• Tiny snowflakes
• Hot, charged gas
• Floating dust lines

What is the name of the Sun’s visible layer?

• Solar wings
• Middle core
• Radiant wall
• Light shell
• Fusion path

What travels out from the Sun as part of the solar wind?

• Bright waves of water
• Cold bubbles of air
• Fast bits of energy
• Quiet rings of light
• Soft flakes of ice

What does the Sun’s chromosphere usually look like?

• Blue and spinning
• Yellow and dotted
• Red and glowing
• Silver and sharp
• Green and smoky

Who is most likely to think about the Sun’s far future?

• People training pets
• Kids learning numbers
• Shoppers at the mall
• Experts on space time
• Musicians writing songs

What is likely to happen before the Sun stops shining?

• It becomes a red balloon
• It grows a rocky ring
• It jumps into a black hole
• It breaks into small stars
• It turns into cold wind

What could happen if the Sun lost too much mass?

• The Moon might melt
• Mars would shine brighter
• Earth could freeze or burn
• The stars might fall
• Rain would stop forever

If the Sun were a pot of soup, what would the bubbling part be?

• Top shield
• Cold gas lid
• Outer wind cap
• Floating glow ring
• Rising heat zone

If the Sun made energy by squishing soft things, what would it create?

• A puff of steam
• A heavy bubble
• A blast of helium
• A ring of iron
• A line of magnets