WorksheetsHow the Sun Works
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a Sun structure where electromagnetic energy pools or gathers. Because of the pooling of electromagnetic energy, the area becomes cooler than the surrounding area, creating a darker spot. What is this?
a)
Prominence
b)
Sunspot
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Coronal Mass Ejection
2.
This a location on the Sun where a lot of energy and particles are released from the Sun's surface. Some of the particles released during this action can make their way all the way to Earth. What is this?
a)
Coronal Mass Ejection
b)
Sunspot
c)
Solar Flare
3.
This is a Sun structure that juts out from the photosphere and loops around into the Sun's corona. What is this?
a)
Prominence
b)
Sunspot
c)
Solar Flare
d)
Coronal Mass Ejection
4.
How old is the Sun?
a)
4.5 million
b)
4.6 billion
c)
110 years
d)
as old as Mrs. Hester
5.
What Sun structure is this?
a)
Sunspot
b)
Solar Flare
c)
photosphere
6.
What Sun structure is this?
a)
Sunspot
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Prominence
d)
Coronal Mass Ejection
7.
What Sun structure is this?
a)
Sunspot
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Prominence
d)
Coronal Mass Ejection
8.
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.
9.
Which layer of the sun is the hottest?
a)
Photosphere
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Corona
d)
Core
10.
What is the sun made out of?
a)
fire and lava
b)
gases
c)
magma
d)
flames
11.
What is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
The sun
d)
Earth
12.
What heat transfer method is used on the surface of the Sun?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
13.
What kind of eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly in line between the Earth and the sun and blocks the sun?
a)
Solar eclipse
b)
Lunar eclipse
14.
A stream of particles that extends outward from the sun's corona is called
a)
A sunspot
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Prominence
d)
Solar wind
15.
This is the final layer of the sun's atmosphere. It appears as a halo around the moon during a solar eclipse.
a)
Crown
b)
Corona
c)
Photosphere
16.
Nuclear fusion is the process by which the Sun produces energy. In which part of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur?
a)
photosphere
b)
corona
c)
core
d)
radiative zone
17.
Why do sunspots look darker than the rest of the Sun's photosphere?
a)
Sunspots are somewhat cooler than the rest of the sun's surface.
b)
Sunspots are somewhat warmer than the rest of the sun's surface.
c)
sunspots are not going through nuclear fusion all the time.
d)
sunspots are not as bright as the rest of the sun's surface
18.
Our sun converts _______into Helium to produce energy during nuclear fusion.
a)
Helium
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Radon
d)
Argon
19.
Process by which hydrogen atoms join together in the sun's core to form helium
a)
Convection Zone
b)
Solar Wind
c)
Nuclear Fusion
d)
Nuclear Fission
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