The Sun

What is the name of our galaxy?

• The Galaxy

• The Three Musketeers

• The Snickers

• The Milky Way

What is the type of nebula our sun and solar system formed from?

• Planetary Nebula

• Solar Nebula

• Nebula

• Great Nebula

Which gas is the Sun's fuel and makes up 91% of the Sun's mass?

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

What process in the Sun's core creates helium?

• Fission

• Fusion

• None, helium was always there

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What protects the entire solar system from the very dangerous cosmic rays that could easily destroy all life on Earth?

• The Sun's huge magnetic field

• The heliosphere

• Plasma