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The Sun

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Sun God according to ancient myths?

(a)  

2.

What did the Romans believe would end the Earth?

a)

Ra's son

b)

Another Roman

c)

The sun exploding

d)

They did not believe the Earth would end

3.

The Sun is halfway between it's life.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What years did the emperor Elgabalus reign?

a)

341-355 B.C.

b)

789-803 B.C.

c)

218-222 C.E.

d)

2010-2013

5.

What is the temperature of a sunspot measured in KELVIN.

a)

4000-4500 F

b)

8 F

c)

3000

d)

4000-4500 Kelvin

6.

In what year did an especially powerful geomagnetic storm knocked out the power in nearly all the telegraph cables on Earth.

(a)  

7.

The sun has more Gravity than Earth

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How many times more is the suns gravity than Earth's gravity.

(a)  

9.

How many years does it take for the light of the sun to reach the center of the Milky Way galaxy?

a)

47,000

b)

26,000

c)

2,000

d)

20

10.

Who was the Ancient Greek philosopher who lived during the 5th century B.C.E. who was almost killed due to his theories of the sun?

a)

Relmanto, an Ancient Greek philosopher who lived during the 5th century B.C.E., theorized that the Sun was a large, distant flaming ball of metal. For his efforts, he was accused of heresy and sentenced to death by the authorities (he wasn’t actually killed, though).

b)

Joe

c)

Anaxagoras

d)

Thanos

11.

The Sun is a Gas Giant

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A period of very low sunspot activity in the late 17th century coincides with a very cold period on Earth that’s sometimes called the

a)

Hottest moment on Earth

b)

Near Death

c)

Little Ice Age

d)

Frozen Apocalypse

13.

How much Carbon Makes up the sun?

(a)  

14.

The Sun is mostly made up of what?

(a)  

15.

How much Iron makes up the Sun

(a)  

16.

What does the sun have the least of?

(a)  

17.

How much neon makes up the sun

(a)  

18.

How long does it take for the light of the sun to reach Earth?

a)

8.5 mins

b)

7.32 mins

c)

2 days

d)

5 years

19.

Check all that are true

a)

Hydrogen: 73.46 percent

b)

Oxygen: 0.77 percent

c)

Iron: 0.54 percent

d)

Copper: 4.59 percent

20.

During winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth is actually closer to the Sun than it is during summer.

a)

True

b)

False