The sun is at the center of which of the following features or structures in space.

The sun is just one of billions of stars that revolves around what larger feature in space?

The sun is believed to have formed when what feature collapsed under its own gravity to flatten and create the sun along with all of the planets in the solar system?

It is believed that the sun formed how long ago?

The sun makes up what percent of the mass of the entire solar system?

Which gas makes up 72% of the composition of the sun?

Which gas makes up 26% of the composition of the sun?

The sun's axis is tilted to what degree?

What is the name of the process that allows the gas surface of the sun to spin at different rates?

Which part of the sun rotates fastest or in the least amount of time?

Which part of the sun takes the most days to complete one rotation?

We know that the sun is rotating by tracking the movements of what visible feature on the sun?

About how long does it take the equator of the sun to complete one full rotation?

About how long does it take the poles of the sun to complete one full rotation?

Which of the layers is not part of the solar interior?

Which of the layers is the outermost of the solar interior just below the photosphere?

Which is not part of the outer layers of the sun?

Which is the hottest layer of the sun which is responsible for generating the sun's heat and light?

What is the name for the process when two hydrogen atoms combine to create light, energy, and helium?

What is the name for the process when light and heat travel outward from their source in waves.

What is the name for the process when heat travels in circular shaped cycles as heat rises and sinks when cool.

Atoms of what gas collide together to create nuclear fusion?

Atoms of what gas are produced after nuclear fusion takes place?

Which is the layer of the sun's interior where light and heat travel only outward towards the surface of the sun?

Which layer makes up the yellow colored, visible surface of the sun where light from the sun is emitted?

Which layer makes up the thin red colored gas that can only be seen during a solar eclipse?

Which layer of the sun is shown in the image?

Which layer of the sun is shown in the image?

Which layer of the sun is shown in the image?

Which feature of the sun is shown in the image?

What is the name for the superheated gas that makes up the sun?

The small bright scale like spots all over the surface of the photosphere that are formed at the tops of convection cells are called what?

Which feature is not seen on the photosphere of the sun?

What is the name for the dark, planet-sized regions that appear on the surface of the Sun caused by twisting, chaotic magnetic fields from within the Sun’s convective zone?

Which term in the image is shown at letter A?

Which term in the image is shown at letter B?

Which term in the image is shown at letter C?

What is the name for the year within the 11 year SunSpot cycle that has the highest amount of sunspots?

What is the name for the year within the 11 year SunSpot cycle that has the lowest amount of sunspots?

What is the name for smaller explosions of charged particles coming from the photosphere near sunspots?

Which of the features is not seen in the chromosphere layer of the sun?

These structures are made of hot, electrically charged gas and are often seen as loops or arches against the dark background of space.

These features in the chromosphere of the sun are the same thing as prominences but look dark against the bright background of the sun.

Which feature of the chromosphere is shown in letter A of the image?

Which feature of the chromosphere is shown in letter B of the image?

These thin, thread-like jets of plasma extend from the Sun's surface and are often described as looking like "grass" or "hairs" on the chromosphere of the sun.

The outermost layer of the sun that extends millions of miles into space and is usually hidden by the bright light of the Sun's surface, but can be seen during a total solar eclipse.

The outermost area of the solar system that is the boundary or edge of the influence of the impacts of gravity and particles from our sun.

The name for the continuous stream of charged particles, primarily protons and electrons, that is emitted from the Sun’s corona.

What is the name for the display of lights in the sky caused by charged particles interacting with gases in Earth's atmosphere near the poles?

Which is not a color that can be seen in a display of the northern lights?

This feature of Earth directs charges particles from the sun towards the poles to create auroras.

What is the name for the Aurora near the south pole?

What is the term used to describe a massive explosion of plasma and charged particles from the corona of the sun that travels at millions of miles per hour?

Which feature of the sun does not release charged particles that can reach Earth?

Which is not a way that charged particles from the sun can impact humans on Earth?

Which color of Aurora is most commonly seen on Earth as charged particles excite glasses in our atmosphere?

Which two gases in Earth's atmosphere get excited and produce light when charged particles create auroras on Earth?

Which is the only feature of the sun that releases a constant and steady stream of charged particles that never stops?

What event must take place for humans to see the chromosphere and corona of the sun without help from spacecraft?

This feature of the sun is typically seen to correspond with sunspots on the photosphere of the sun.

Which two features are shown in the image of the photosphere of the sun?

 These features form in pairs as part of the sun’s magnetic field emerges out of the photosphere.

What is the name for the circular area where the northern lights is visible on Earth?

Which is not a product or end result of the nuclear fusion process?

What activity make the northern lights shift south away from the north pole regions?

Due to the nuclear fusion process eventually the sun will run out of what?

Which of the features on the sun releases the largest amount of charged particles that can impact Earth?

A solar flare is very similar to what larger feature of the sun?