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Space Weather

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

The information below is about the structure of the Sun ;

# outer layer of the Sun

# temperature is about 6 000 degree celcius

# Sunlight can be seen from the Earth


Which one is the structure of the Sun mentioned above?

a)

Corona

b)

Chromosphere

c)

Photosphere

d)

Thermosphere

2.

The diagram shows the position of structure X on the Sun. Which one is X?

a)

Core

b)

Convection zone

c)

Radiation zone

d)

Conduction zone

3.

Which of the following is not the effect of solar flare?

a)

disruption of telecommunication system

b)

disruption of natural disaster

c)

disruption of satellite's function

d)

disruption of grid power line

4.

Which statement is true about the Sun?

a)

it is a gas ball that consists of helium and nitrogen

b)

it is the farthest star from Earth

c)

the Sun's atmosphere consists of two layers

d)

nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun

5.

Which is the phenomenon as explained below?


-sudden eruption of gas in the choromosphere layer

-releases charged particles that causes formation of aurora on Earth

a)

prominence

b)

solar wind

c)

solar flare

d)

coronal mass ejection

6.

How many years are there in a solar cycle?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

7.

It is a layer of magnetic field that surrounds the Earth to protect it from the harmful substances released by the Sun.

Which is the layer?

a)

ozone

b)

earth's gravity

c)

earth's atmosphere

d)

earth's magnetosphere

8.

The center of the sun, the ___, produces the energy that eventually reaches us and warms the Earth.

a)

core

b)

radiative zone

c)

corona

d)

convective zone

9.

A giant arch that explodes off of the sun’s surface is a

a)

Sun Flare

b)

Sun Spot

c)

Corona

d)

Solar Prominence

10.

__ is a darker, cooler than other surrounding areas of the Sun.

a)

Solar Prominence

b)

Solar Flares

c)

Sun Spots

d)

Plasma

11.

The two most abundant elements of the Sun are ___

a)

Hydrogen and Helium

b)

Hydrogen and Carbon

c)

Nitrogen and Carbon

d)

Helium and Nitrogen

12.

The plasma clouds with charged particles and magnetic fields moving away from the Sun, and creates Auroras when interacting with Earth’s atmosphere...is known as

a)

Solar wind

b)

Prominence

c)

Sun Spots

d)

The Prominence

13.

Solar flares, prominences, coronal holes, and coronal mass ejections are all due to disturbances in _____ on the sun.

a)

the convective zone

b)

the radiative zone

c)

the core

d)

magnetic fields

14.

Which of the following lists some of the layers of the Sun in order from the center of the Sun outward?

a)

radiation zone, convection zone, chromosphere

b)

radiation zone, convection zone, core

c)

chromosphere, photosphere, corona

d)

corona, photosphere, chromosphere

15.

Which is NOT a layer of the solar atmosphere?

a)

photosphere

b)

chromosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

corona