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WorksheetsThe Sun Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What takes place in the core of the Sun?
Nuclear Fission
Mini Explosions
Plasma Blasts
Nuclear Fusion
How long does it take for energy to travel through the radiation zone?
100 years
1 year
1,000 years
100,000 years
What is the outermost layer of the sun's INTERIOR?
Core
Photosphere
Convection Zone
Corona
How many years until the Sun consumes Earth?
3.1 billion years
150 million years
9 billion years
7.5 billion years
What is the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere
Core
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Corona
When looking at the Sun, what part of it do you see?
Corona
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Convection Zone
What is the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere?
Radiation Zone
Chromosphere
Corona
Core
What is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?
Corona
Convection Zone
Photosphere
None of these answers
What color halo is shown around the Sun during a solar eclipse?
red
yellow
white
blue
What are the areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the gases around them?
Solar flares
Solar wind
Prominences
Sunspots
Sunspots appear in a cycle of:
5 years
100 years
11 years
15 years
What are huge loops of gas from the Sun called?
Solar Flares
Prominences
Solar Wind
Sunspots
What is energy from prominences that heat up causing gas to erupt called?
Light Flares
Solar Flares
Sunspots
Solar Eruptions
What are streams of electrical particles from the Sun called?
Solar wind
Solar flares
Electrical wind
Radiation currents
Although the Earth's atmosphere blocks solar wind particles, where can those particles still enter?
Poles
Equator
Prime Meridian
Never enter
Solar wind create powerful electrical currents that cause gas molecules in the air to glow, this then causes
stars to be seen
meteor showers
a shooting star
auroras
Solar wind could cause which of the following (other than auroras):
Magnetic storms
They only cause auroras
Climate change
Tectonic plates shifting
What can happen if a magnetic storm takes place?
Blackouts
Heat waves
Wifi goes out (that means no Fortnite)
Earthquakes
What type of rays/waves do solar flares emit?
X-rays & Infrared rays
Radio waves & Ultraviolet rays
Gamma rays & X-rays
Solar flares do not emit any rays/waves
Where do prominences often link to?
Anywhere on the Sun
Sunspot regions
Close to where they started
The poles
