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The Sun

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

In this layer of the sun, nuclear fusion takes place, providing the energy for the sun's heat and light.

a)

The core

b)

The radiation zone

c)

The convection zone

d)

The photosphere

2.

Which of these is NOT considered an interior layer of the sun?

a)

The core

b)

The radiation zone

c)

The convection zone

d)

The corona

3.

This layer is the visible "surface" of the sun that we see.

a)

The convection zone

b)

The corona

c)

The chromopshere

d)

The photosphere

4.

This is the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere that extends millions of miles into space.

a)

The photosphere

b)

The chromosphere

c)

The corona

d)

The core

5.

These three layers make up the sun's atmosphere (Select 3)

a)

The radiation zone

b)

The photosphere

c)

The chromosphere

d)

The corona

6.

On this layer, you may find sunspots

a)

The core

b)

The photosphere

c)

The corona

d)

The convection zone

7.

These are caused by solar winds when they come in contact with the Earth's magnetic field

a)

sunspots

b)

aurora

c)

solar flares

d)

The core

8.

In this zone, energy radiates away from the core and may take up to 100,000 years to pass through

a)

the core

b)

the radiation zone

c)

the convection zone

9.

In this zone of the sun's interior, energy moves through convection currents

a)

the core

b)

the radiation zone

c)

the convection zone

d)

the chromosphere

10.

Sun spots are areas in the photosphere that are

a)

cooler than the surrounding gases

b)

hotter than the surrounding gases

11.

The sun is approximately this old

a)

400 years

b)

13 billion years

c)

4.6 billion years

d)

40 million years

12.

A collection of gas and dust in space is called

a)

a planet

b)

a moon

c)

the sun

d)

a nebula

13.

Which of the following are features on or near the sun's atmosphere?

a)

Solar flares

b)

Prominences

c)

the core

d)

hot temperatures on Earth

14.

The process in which hydrogen atoms collide and fuse with each other to form helium in the sun's core is called

a)

radiation

b)

convection

c)

nuclear fusion

d)

conduction

15.

A very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature. They are the phase of a star after no hydrogen is left to burn and only helium remains.

a)

white dwarf

b)

red giant

c)

blue supergiant

d)

main sequence star

16.

The sun will end its "life " as this type of star, when a star has used up its helium and its outer layers escape into space, leaving behind a hot, dense core that contracts

a)

brown dwarf

b)

main sequence

c)

white dwarf

d)

red giant