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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

What is the Sun?

a)

The sun is a planet in our solar system.

b)

The sun is the name of the star that is in our solar system.

c)

The sun is a bright object that orbits the earth.

d)

The sun is a shiny circle that is really hot.

2.

What is a sunspot?

a)

Sunspots are dots in the sun.

b)

Sunspots are large areas on the Sun's surface that are hotter and darker than the surrounding area.

c)

Sunspots are volcanoes in the Sun that erupt every now and then

d)

Sunspots are large areas on the Sun's surface that are cooler and darker than the surrounding area.

3.

What is a solar flare?

a)

Solar flares are explosions of hot gases that occur near sunspots

b)

Solar flares are huge looping eruptions of gases that arc out from the atmosphere.

4.

What is a photoshpere

a)

The core

b)

The surface of the sun

c)

The outer layer.

d)

Large holes in the sun.

5.

What is a prominence

a)

Prominences are explosions of hot gases that occur near sunspots

b)

Reminiscences are huge looping eruptions of gases that arc out from the atmosphere

6.

What is a corona

a)

The core of the sun

b)

Outer layer of the sun's atmosphere

c)

Surface of the sun

d)

Magnetic Field

7.

What is nuclear fusion

a)

Energy from the sun comes from its core where hydrogen is converted into helium

b)

A nuclear bomb that releases from the sun

c)

The outer layer of the suns atmosphere.

d)

The core of the sun

8.

What is a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)

a)

When the sun releases a large amount of charged particles all at once.

b)

Large areas on the suns surface that are cooler and darker than its surrounding area.

c)

Large hooping eruptions of gases that arc out from the photosphere.

d)

Explosions pf hot gases that occur near sunspots.

9.

What is a aurora

a)

A rainbow at night

b)

Lasers

c)

When the solar wind charges some of the gases in the earths atmosphere

d)

Shiny cool lights that float in the sky

10.

What are the harmful effects of CME's?

a)

Causes disruptions with radio, telephone. and television signals, and static radios

b)

We all die and go extinct

c)

None

d)

We will be fine