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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
Each solar cycle lasts _______________.
a)
10 years
b)
11 years
c)
12 years
d)
54 years
2.
How long does light from the sun's surface take to reach earth?
a)
10 minutes
b)
11 minutes
c)
8 minutes
d)
9 minutes
3.
What are sunspots?
a)
a dark spot hotter than other parts of the sun's surface
b)
a dark spot cooler than other parts of the sun's surface
c)
a red spot of hot gases
d)
a red spot larger than earth
4.
What are auroras?
a)
solar winds on earth
b)
red, green, yellow or even purple clouds
c)
streaks of black and gray in the sky
d)
streaks of red, green, yellow or even purple in the sky
5.
What is a total solar eclipse?
a)
the moon is between earth and the sun
b)
the earth is between the moon and sun
c)
the sun is between the moon and earth
d)
the moon is in the sky at the same time as the sun
6.
Why doesn't the sun look like other stars in our night sky?
a)
it is bigger than other stars
b)
it is smaller than other stars
c)
it is closer than other stars
d)
it is further away than other stars
7.
What are solar winds?
a)
a stream of dirt and ice
b)
a stream of rock and gas
c)
a stream of ice and gas
d)
a stream of gas particles
8.
Where does the sun's energy come from?
a)
the prominence
b)
the core
c)
the corona
d)
the photosphere
9.
When is the sun's corona visible?
a)
during an eclipse
b)
all the time
c)
at night
d)
during the day time
10.
What happens because of fusion?
a)
a nuclear reaction turns cold into heat
b)
a nuclear reaction that turns hydrogen into helium
c)
a nuclear reaction that turns helium into hydrogen
d)
a nuclear reaction that turns heat into cold
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