Free Printable Sun Characteristics & Solar Weather Review 10A-D

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Sun Characteristics & Solar Weather Review 10A-D

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name

Class

Date

What element makes up three-fourths of the sun's mass?

Lithium

Helium

Carbon

Hydrogen

Label number 1

#1 Core

#1 Radiation zone

#1 Convection zone

#1 Photosphere

Label number 2

#2 Core

#2 Radiation zone

#2 Convection zone

#2 Corona

Label number 3

#3 Chromosphere

#3 Radiation zone

#3 Convection zone

#3 Photosphere

Label number 4

#4 Chromosphere

#4 Radiation zone

#4 Convection zone

#4 Photosphere

Label number 5

#5 Chromosphere

#5 Radiation zone

#5 Convection zone

#5 Photosphere

Label number 6

#6 Prominences

#6 Corona

#6 Sunspots

#6 Photosphere

Which layer of the Sun has a temperature of about 1 million degrees?

corona

photosphere

core

chromosphere

How do stars generate energy?

Fusion of hydrogen and helium atoms

Fission of hydrogen and helium atoms

Burning hydrogen

Burning helium

10.

Identify part 9.

sunspot

solar flare

granules

prominence

11.

Identify part 7.

sunspot

solar flare

corona

radiation zone

12.

Energy released from _________ can cause damage to the International Space Station, disrupt radio and electrical transmissions on Earth, and cause Auroras in the skies near the North and South Poles

Sunspots

Solar Flares

Prominences

Corona

13.

Bright arch-like loops that may erupt from the photosphere into the corona

Sunspots

Solar Flares

Prominences

Photosphere

14.

Sudden, intense explosions that result in changes in brightness when magnetic energy is released.

Prominences

Solar Flare

Sunspot

Photosphere

15.

Moving areas of magnetic activity with temperatures that are cooler than the area of the photosphere

Photosphere

Corona

Sunspots

Prominence

16.

The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:

coronal discharge

solar flares

coronal ejection

solar winds

17.

What cycle do sunspots follow?

13 year cycle

11 year cycle

23 year cycle

7 year cycle

18.

About what temperature is the core of the Sun?

^{(Remember Celsius and Kelvin are slightly different)}

5 million degrees celsius

12 million degrees celsius

14 million degrees celsius

18 million degrees celsius

19.

A superheated "cloud" or "bubble" of magnetized plasma that escapes the sun and can cause widespread power outages and knock out communication satellites on Earth is a -

CME (coronal mass ejection)

prominence

solar flare

sunspot

20.

About what % of the Sun's number of ATOMS is helium?

<1%

92%

75%

21.

Solar weather is caused by the Sun's changing

composition

magnetic field

temperature

rotational period

22.

True/False: The Sun rotates at the equator at roughly the same speed that the poles rotate.

True

False

23.

Which layer is hotter & closer to the interior of the Sun?

Radiation Zone

Convection Zone

24.

Which solar weather event lasts the longest?

sunspots

prominence

solar flare

CME

25.

Which solar feature indicates that a solar maximum is arriving?

number of sunspots increases

prominences & solar flares become rarer

photosphere becomes brighter and hotter

Reset

Sun Characteristics & Solar Weather Review 10A-D

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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