WorksheetsSun Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The center of the earth is roughly how many degrees Fahrenheit ?
a)
2 million degrees
b)
10 million degrees
c)
27 million degrees
d)
500 degrees
2.
what is convection
a)
super fly/ hit them folks
b)
dab
c)
when heat rises and cold lowers
d)
when the sun is heating up earth
3.
A stream of particles that extends outward from the sun's corona is called
a)
A sunspot
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Prominence
d)
Solar wind
4.
_____ are loops of gas on the sun that link different parts of sunspot regions together.
a)
Prominences
b)
Solar flares
c)
Solar winds
d)
Auroras
5.
The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off the visible light we see is the
a)
Corona
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Photosphere
d)
Convection zone
6.
This is the final layer of the sun's atmosphere. It appears as a halo around the moon during a solar eclipse.
a)
Crown
b)
Corona
c)
Photosphere
7.
What is the name of the star that is the center of our solar system?
a)
Betelgeuse
b)
Sun
c)
Mira
d)
Polaris
8.
The sun supports life on Earth by all of eh following except:
a)
Helping humans synthesize Vitamin D
b)
Allowing plants to harness solar energy to produce their own sugars
c)
Helping humans reduce Vitamin D production
d)
Powering the water cycle and creating weather,
9.
Nuclear fusion is the process by which the Sun produces energy. In which part of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur?
a)
photosphere
b)
corona
c)
core
d)
radiative zone
10.
Why do sunspots look darker than the rest of the Sun's photosphere?
a)
Sunspots are somewhat cooler than the rest of the sun's surface.
b)
Sunspots are somewhat warmer than the rest of the sun's surface.
c)
sunspots are not going through nuclear fusion all the time.
d)
sunspots are not as bright as the rest of the sun's surface
11.
Which of the following are the four main parts of the sun?
a)
chromosphere, core, convection zone, conductive zone
b)
photosphere, chromosphere, lithosphere, radiative zone
c)
convection zone, radiative zone, core, photosphere
d)
core, convection zone, photosphere, chromosphere
12.
Our sun converts _______into Helium to produce energy during nuclear fusion.
a)
Helium
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Radon
d)
Argon
13.
Which of the following is not in the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
a)
Light waves
b)
Ultraviolet waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
Gamma radiation
14.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
15.
The earth orbits around...
a)
The sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
16.
What is at the center of the Solar System?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
Sun
d)
Jupiter
17.
When the Earth travels all the way around the Sun, it is called a . . .
a)
Day
b)
Rotation
c)
Year
d)
Spin
18.
It takes the Earth _______ days to travel all the way around the Sun.
a)
28
b)
100
c)
24
d)
365
19.
This is the final layer of the sun's atmosphere. It appears as a halo around the moon during a solar eclipse.
a)
Crown
b)
Corona
c)
Photosphere
20.
The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off the visible light we see is the
a)
Corona
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Photosphere
d)
Convection zone
21.
Process by which hydrogen atoms join together in the sun's core to form helium
a)
Convection Zone
b)
Solar Wind
c)
Nuclear Fusion
d)
Nuclear Fission
22.
What is this
a)
Prominice
b)
sun spot
c)
core
d)
Earth
23.
When solar winds enter the Earth's atmosphere at the poles, what is created?
a)
auroras
b)
solar flares
c)
sunspots
d)
warmer temperatures
24.
What is solar wind made of?
a)
Sunspots
b)
Electrically charged particles
c)
gas
d)
Solar flares
25.
What causes sunspots?
a)
Cooler areas of gas on the Sun
b)
Eruptions
c)
Solar wind
d)
Hot areas on the Sun's surface
26.
Helium is the result of ______ atoms combining in nuclear fusion.
a)
nuclear fusion
b)
gravity
c)
hydrogen
d)
iron
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