The Sun

What layer of the sun can be seen in a total solar eclipse?

• corona

• photosphere

• chromosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The center of the sun is the

• photosphere

• radiation zone

• corona

• core

What interior layer of the sun has hot gas rising and cool gas falling?

• convection zone

• radiation zone

• core

• corona

True or False: Our sun is a blue supergiant.

• True

• False

What is the closest star to the Earth?

• Sirius A

• Betelguese

• Rigel

• Our Sun

What layer of the sun do we see from Earth on a normal day?

• corona

• photosphere

• radiation zone

• core

What are the dark spots on the sun that are cooler than the area around them?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

True or False: The loops of gas that form on the sun's surface are solar flares.

• True

• False

The sun is mostly compose of helium and

• carbon

• nitrogen

• hydrogen

• zinc

True or False: The sun's mass is 99.8% of the total mass of our solar system.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4