WorksheetsChapter 30:The Sun
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Chromosphere?
a)
the first of the three main layers in the Sun's atmosphere
b)
the second of the three main layers in the Sun's atmosphere
c)
the last of the three main layers in the Sun's atmosphere
2.
When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?
a)
photosphere
b)
chromosphere
c)
corona
d)
convection zone
3.
What layer of the sun's atmosphere gives the sun its "white halo" during a solar eclipse?
a)
chromosphere
b)
photosphere
c)
corona
d)
atmosphere
4.
Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than gases around them are called:
a)
corona
b)
prominences
c)
sunspots
d)
solarspots
5.
a)
#9 is Prominences
b)
#9 is Corona
c)
#9 is Sunspots
d)
#9 is Photosphere
6.
A sudden Eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface.
a)
sun spot
b)
prominence
c)
core
d)
solar flare
7.
Takes two small nuclei and combines them into a larger nucleus
a)
fission
b)
fusion
8.
The splitting of a nucleus into smaller nuclei is
a)
fusion
b)
fission
c)
half-life
d)
gamma radiation
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