The Sun

What gases compose the sun?

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen and Helium

• Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

It is the outer part of the sun’s atmosphere and can be seen during the total solar eclipse.

• Photosphere

• Corona

• Sunspots

• Solar Flare

These are areas slightly cooler than the other regions of the sun.

• Convection Zone

• Corona

• Sunspots

• Prominence

These are eruptions of gases from the sun's outer layers that loop and connect sunspots

• Sunspots

• Prominence

• Solar Flare

• Solar Wind

These are violent explosions of magnetic energy on the sun’s surface

• Solar Flare

• Solar wind

• Prominence

• Sunspots

Hydrogen nuclei combining to form helium is referred to as nuclear

• fusion

• fission

• fallout

• decay

• armageddon

The second gaseous layer of the Sun's atmosphere; has a reddish color and is between the Corona and the photosphere.

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Convection Zone

Sun spots are areas in the photosphere that are

• cooler than the surrounding gases

• hotter than the surrounding gases

What is the name of the layer of the sun that we see?

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• radiative zone

• convective zone

Which letter points to the radiative zone?

• A

• B

• C

• D