WorksheetsThe Sun
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who is the Sun God according to ancient myths?
(a)
What did the Romans believe would end the Earth?
Ra's son
Another Roman
The sun exploding
They did not believe the Earth would end
The Sun is halfway between it's life.
True
False
What years did the emperor Elgabalus reign?
341-355 B.C.
789-803 B.C.
218-222 C.E.
2010-2013
What is the temperature of a sunspot measured in KELVIN.
4000-4500 F
8 F
3000
4000-4500 Kelvin
In what year did an especially powerful geomagnetic storm knocked out the power in nearly all the telegraph cables on Earth.
(a)
The sun has more Gravity than Earth
True
False
How many times more is the suns gravity than Earth's gravity.
(a)
How many years does it take for the light of the sun to reach the center of the Milky Way galaxy?
47,000
26,000
2,000
20
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?
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).
Joe
Anaxagoras
Thanos
The Sun is a Gas Giant
True
False
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
Hottest moment on Earth
Near Death
Little Ice Age
Frozen Apocalypse
How much Carbon Makes up the sun?
(a)
The Sun is mostly made up of what?
(a)
How much Iron makes up the Sun
(a)
What does the sun have the least of?
(a)
How much neon makes up the sun
(a)
How long does it take for the light of the sun to reach Earth?
8.5 mins
7.32 mins
2 days
5 years
Check all that are true
Hydrogen: 73.46 percent
Oxygen: 0.77 percent
Iron: 0.54 percent
Copper: 4.59 percent
During winter in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth is actually closer to the Sun than it is during summer.
True
False
