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Ch. 2 Astro Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona.

a)

Convection Zone

b)

Solar Wind

c)

Corona

2.

What is the theory that the universe began from one point and has been expanding ever since?

a)

Solar Flare

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Solar Wind

d)

Convection Zone

3.

What is a huge reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun and links sunspot regions?

a)

Solar Flare

b)

Prominence

c)

Convection Zone

d)

Galaxy

4.

What is a large ball of plasma held together by gravity with a core where nuclear fusion occurs?

a)

Solar wind

b)

Star

c)

Convection Zone

d)

Radiation Zone

5.

What is a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust and gas, bound together by gravity?

a)

Solar Wind

b)

Solar Flare

c)

Star

d)

Galaxy

6.

What is an object whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.

a)

Galaxy

b)

Universe

c)

Star

d)

Black Hole

7.

What is an eruption of gas from the sun's surface?

a)

Solar Flare

b)

Solar Wind

c)

Prominence

d)

Radiation Zone

8.

The wide, outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere that can be seen during a solar eclipse is known as...

a)

Solar Flares

b)

Corona

c)

Solar Wind

d)

Chromosphere

9.

The middle, red-orange layer of the sun is known as the...

a)

Photosphere

b)

Corona

c)

Chromosphere

d)

Radiation Zone

10.

What is the outermost layer of the sun's interior where hot gas moves up toward the surface and cooler gas moves deeper into the interior.

a)

Radiation Zone

b)

Core

c)

Convection Zone

11.

What is the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off its visible light?

a)

Photosphere

b)

Chromosphere

c)

Radiation Zone

12.

What are dark areas of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases?

a)

core

b)

sunspots

c)

corona

13.

What is the central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place?

a)

Core

b)

Radiation Zone

c)

Convection Zone

d)

Corona