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WorksheetsThe Sun 15.3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What makes up the Sun's interior?
a)
Core, Chromosphere, Radiation Zone
b)
Core, Photosphere, Prominence
c)
Core, Convection Zone, Radiation Zone
d)
Corona, Convection zone, Radiation Zone
2.
The layers of the atmosphere become denser the farther they get from the radiation zone.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What is the sun mainly composed of?
a)
Hydrogen, Nitrogen
b)
Helium, Calcium
c)
Calcium, Nitrogen
d)
Hydrogen, Helium
4.
What doe the sun's atmosphere include?
a)
Photosphere, Corona, Chromosphere
b)
Corona, Chromosphere, Prominences
c)
Chromosphere, Photosphere, Core
d)
Photosphere, Corona, Convection Zone
5.
Which Layer do you see when you look at a picture of the sun?
a)
Core
b)
Photosphere
c)
Chromosphere
d)
Radiation Zone
6.
What color does the chromospheres glow?
a)
Yellow
b)
Orange
c)
Red
d)
White
7.
The Greek word Chroma means Color.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
During the whole solar eclipse what is the fainter layer, or glow?
a)
Photosphere
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Corona
d)
Radiation Zone
9.
The corona thins into streams of electrically charged particals called?
a)
Sunspots
b)
Solar Wind
c)
Solar Flares
d)
Prominences
10.
Sunspots are...
a)
Dark and Hot
b)
Bright and Hot
c)
Dark and Cool
d)
Bright and Cool
11.
What does this picture show?
a)
Prominence
b)
Solar Wind
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Sunspots
12.
When is the corona visible from Earth?
a)
After a total Solar eclipse
b)
After a partial Solar eclipse
c)
After a total Lunar eclipse
d)
After every type of eclipse
13.
How long is it before sunspots change?
a)
They don't change
b)
100 years
c)
11 years
d)
14 years
14.
What is it called when electrical particles enter Earth's atmosphere?
a)
Sunspot
b)
A breeze
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Solar Wind
15.
Where does Nuclear Fusion occur?
a)
Radiation Zone
b)
Core
c)
Convection Zone
d)
Throughout the Suns interior
16.
What is Nuclear Fusion?
a)
When the sun makes heat
b)
When hydrogen atoms join to form helium
c)
When the sun pushes heat out to it's surface
17.
How much of the Sun's mass is hydrogen?
a)
2/5
b)
1/2
c)
3/4
d)
2/3
18.
How does energy move in the radiation zone?
a)
Electromagnetic Radiation
b)
It flies
c)
Energy does not move
d)
Radiation
19.
What happens in the convection zone?
a)
Cool gases rise
b)
Hot gases rise
c)
Hot gases sink
d)
Nuclear Fusion
20.
What do sunspots release to create Solar Flares?
a)
Cold air
b)
Magnetic energy
c)
Electromagnetic Radiation
d)
Hot air
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