WorksheetsCh. 2 Astro Vocabulary
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 24mins
A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun's corona.
Convection Zone
Solar Wind
Corona
What is the theory that the universe began from one point and has been expanding ever since?
Solar Flare
Big Bang Theory
Solar Wind
Convection Zone
What is a huge reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun and links sunspot regions?
Solar Flare
Prominence
Convection Zone
Galaxy
What is a large ball of plasma held together by gravity with a core where nuclear fusion occurs?
Solar wind
Star
Convection Zone
Radiation Zone
What is a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust and gas, bound together by gravity?
Solar Wind
Solar Flare
Star
Galaxy
What is an object whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
Galaxy
Universe
Star
Black Hole
What is an eruption of gas from the sun's surface?
Solar Flare
Solar Wind
Prominence
Radiation Zone
The wide, outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere that can be seen during a solar eclipse is known as...
Solar Flares
Corona
Solar Wind
Chromosphere
The middle, red-orange layer of the sun is known as the...
Photosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
Radiation Zone
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.
Radiation Zone
Core
Convection Zone
What is the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off its visible light?
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Radiation Zone
What are dark areas of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases?
core
sunspots
corona
What is the central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place?
Core
Radiation Zone
Convection Zone
Corona
