The Sun Review

What is the Sun mostly made of?

• Stars
• Hydrogen and Helium
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide

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

• Photosphere
• Corona
• Sunspots
• Prominence

How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?

• About 1 million
• About 2 million
• About 1.5 million
• About 2.5 million

What does #2 represent in the diagram?

• Core
• Radiative Zone
• Convective Zone
• Photosphere

The part of the Sun that we see

• Solar Flare
• Prominence
• Sunspot
• Photosphere

The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere

• Photospher
• Corona
• Sunspot
• Solar Flare

What does #1 on the diagram represent?

• Photosphere
• Solar Flare
• Core
• Radiative Zone

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

• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Prominences
• Photosphere

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

• Prominences
• Solar Flare
• Sunspot
• Photosphere

What does #6 represent in the diagram?

• Prominences
• Sunspots
• Solar Flares
• Corona