The Sun and Solar system

The Sun is a ____.

• moon
• star
• planet
• comet

How many suns do we have?

• 8
• 6
• 1
• 4

What is at the center of the Solar System?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Mars

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The Sun provides what to the Earth?

•  Energy
• Water
• Shelter
• Food

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When we look at the sun, what layer are we viewing?

• photosphere
• chromosphere
• corona
• convection zone

What layer of the sun's atmosphere gives the sun its "white halo" during a solar eclipse?

• chromosphere
• photosphere
• corona
• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than gases around them are called:

• corona
• prominences
• sunspots
• solarspots

Huge loops of reddish gas that connect sunspots are called:

• prominences
• solar flares
• coronal loops
• solar wind

What layer can be seen here?

• chromosphere
• corona
• photosphere
• core

Tags

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Which sun feature is shown here?

• solar flare
• aurora
• solar prominence
• sun spot