What are Baily's Beads?

Studying Baily's Beads and the Sun

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Patricia Brown
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A type of solar flare
A phenomenon observed on Mars
A type of lunar crater
Narrow beams of light visible during a solar eclipse
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the scientist that first observed Baily's Beads?
Francis Bailey
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is it difficult to study the Sun's surface directly?
Because it is too far away
Because it is too bright
Because it is always covered by clouds
Because it is constantly moving
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do Baily's Beads allow scientists to study?
The motion of boiling plasma on the Sun
The Earth's atmosphere
The Moon's surface
The stars in the Milky Way
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What innovative method is Angela Dejardines using to study the Sun?
Building a space station
Launching weather balloons with cameras
Using telescopes
Launching satellites
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How high are the weather balloons launched by Angela Dejardines?
As high as the jet planes
Twice as high as the jet planes
Half as high as the jet planes
Three times as high as the jet planes
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of stitching all the images together from the weather balloons?
To predict solar flares
To create a 3D model of the Sun
To measure the distance to the Sun
To understand the Sun's surface in detail
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What unique opportunity does Dejardines' data provide?
To study the Earth's core
To understand how the Sun actually works
To explore the Moon's surface
To observe distant galaxies
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