Studying Baily's Beads and the Sun

Studying Baily's Beads and the Sun

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video explores the phenomena of Baily's Beads, which occur during solar eclipses when sunlight shines through the Moon's valleys. These beads provide a unique opportunity to study the Sun's surface, which is otherwise difficult due to its brightness. Angela Dejardines has developed an innovative method to collect extended data by launching weather balloons equipped with cameras to capture these beads. This data aims to offer insights into the Sun's inner workings and the behavior of its plasma.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are Baily's Beads?

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