WorksheetsChapter 29 The Sun
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The layer of the sun that is seen from Earth and blocks all other layers
a)
Core
b)
Corona
c)
Photosphere
d)
Prominence
2.
What causes aurora borealis or northern lights?
a)
The Corona
b)
Prominences
c)
Sunspots
d)
Solar Flares
3.
These are monitored to determine the rotation rate of the sun
a)
Solar flares
b)
Prominences
c)
Corona
d)
Sunspots
4.
What are large loops on the surface of the sun that release a large amount of energy?
a)
Corona
b)
Photosphere
c)
Sunspiots
d)
Prominences
5.
What are dark areas on the surface of the sun that are cooler than the surrounding area?
a)
Prominences
b)
Sunspots
c)
Corona
d)
Solar Flares
6.
This is the only layer seen during a total solar eclipse?
a)
Corona
b)
Photosphere
c)
Core
7.
This layer is blocked during a total solar eclipse?
a)
Photosphere
b)
Corona
c)
Core
8.
Intense explosions on the surface of the sun that send charged particles toward Earth
a)
Prominences
b)
Sunspots
c)
Solar Flares
d)
Corona
9.
What is the Sun mostly made of?
a)
Stars
b)
Hydrogen and Helium
c)
Oxygen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
10.
Moving areas of magnetic activity with temperatures that are cooler than the area of the photosphere
a)
Photosphere
b)
Corona
c)
Sunspots
d)
Prominence
11.
What does #2 represent in the diagram?
a)
Core
b)
Radiative Zone
c)
Convective Zone
d)
Photosphere
12.
The part of the Sun that we see
a)
Solar Flare
b)
Prominence
c)
Sunspot
d)
Photosphere
13.
The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere
a)
Photospher
b)
Corona
c)
Sunspot
d)
Solar Flare
14.
What does #1 on the diagram represent?
a)
Photosphere
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Core
d)
Radiative Zone
15.
Bright arch-like loops that may erupt from the photosphere into the corona
a)
Sunspots
b)
Solar Flares
c)
Prominences
d)
Photosphere
16.
Sudden, intense explosions that result in changes in brightness when magnetic energy is released.
a)
Prominences
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Sunspot
d)
Photosphere
17.
What does #6 represent in the diagram?
a)
Prominences
b)
Sunspots
c)
Solar Flares
d)
Corona
18.
What does #3 represent in the diagram?
a)
Core
b)
Radiative Zone
c)
Convective Zone
d)
Photosphere
19.
Emits light that we see
a)
Photosphere
b)
Sunspot
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Prominence
20.
Emits light but is only visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
a)
Core
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Corona
d)
Sunspot
21.
Occur near sunspots
a)
Prominence
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Corona
d)
Blasts of light
22.
What does #7 represent in the diagram?
a)
Photosphere
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Sunspot
d)
Prominence
23.
Appear as dark spots on the photosphere
a)
Sunspots
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Corona
d)
Prominence
24.
Often associated with sunspot activity because they release large amounts of energy into outer space
a)
Photosphere
b)
Core
c)
Prominence
d)
Solar Flare
25.
What does #1 represent in the diagram?
a)
Core
b)
Radiative Zone
c)
Convective Zone
d)
Photosphere
26.
A dark spot on the photosphere of the sun
a)
corona
b)
solar flare
c)
sunspot
d)
magnitude
27.
The visible surface of the sun
a)
galaxy
b)
universe
c)
corona
d)
photosphere
28.
Identify part 6.
a)
photosphere
b)
chromosphere
c)
corona
d)
radiation zone
29.
Identify part 7.
a)
sunspot
b)
solar flare
c)
corona
d)
radiation zone
30.
What is the Sun mostly made of?
a)
Stars
b)
Hydrogen and Helium
c)
Oxygen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
31.
The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere
a)
Photospher
b)
Corona
c)
Sunspot
d)
Solar Flare
32.
Sudden, intense explosions that result in changes in brightness when magnetic energy is released.
a)
Prominences
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Sunspot
d)
Photosphere
33.
The energy from the sun is created by a process called:
a)
nuclear fission
b)
nuclear fusion
c)
nuclear reaction
d)
nuclear core
34.
The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:
a)
coronal discharge
b)
solar flares
c)
coronal ejection
d)
solar winds
35.
What layer can be seen here?
a)
chromosphere
b)
corona
c)
photosphere
d)
core
36.
These colored bands of light in the sky are called ___.
a)
auroras
b)
solar flares
c)
solar prominences
d)
sun spots
37.
Which statement is true about the sun?
a)
It is a star.
b)
It is the largest star in our galaxy.
c)
It is a planet close to Earth.
d)
It is a moon.
38.
How does the sun keep all of the planets in orbit?
a)
The pull of its gravity
b)
the flames give it power
c)
the sun spots
d)
The solar flares guide them
39.
The center of the sun is called the ______
a)
convective zone
b)
radiative zone
c)
the core
d)
chromosphere
40.
This layer is the shell around the core
a)
convective zone
b)
radiative zone
c)
chromosphere
d)
photosphere
41.
This layer surrounds the radiative zone and the core.
a)
convection zone
b)
photosphere
c)
radiative zone
d)
The corona
42.
This layer is the visible outer layer of the sun.
a)
convection zone
b)
photosphere
c)
chromosphere
d)
The corona
43.
It's the lower ring of gas around the sun's photosphere.
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Photosphere
c)
The Corona
d)
The Core
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