Parker Solar Probe Quiz

Parker Solar Probe Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year did NASA's Parker Solar Probe launch into space?

2016

2022

2018

2020

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the Whisper instrument capture images of the sun?

By capturing solar material as it comes off the sun

By using infrared light

By looking directly at the sun

By using ultraviolet light

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How close did the Parker Solar Probe get to the sun during its closest approach?

5 million miles

3.8 million miles

1 million miles

2.5 million miles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are coronal mass ejections (CMEs)?

Sunspots on the sun's surface

Small solar flares

Large outbursts of solar material

Magnetic storms on Earth

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the heliospheric current sheet?

A region of intense solar radiation

A type of solar flare

A boundary where the solar wind's magnetic field changes direction

A layer of the sun's core