Quiz about The Sun

Question 1

How long does it take for a photon of sunlight to reach the surface?

Accepted Answer

A million years

Answer

A day

Question 2

Who first observed sunspots?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Answer

Miss Eiben

Question 3

At the equator, the Sun rotates ____ at the poles.

Accepted Answer

Faster

Answer

The same speed

Question 4

The photosphere has an emission spectrum.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 5

As a result of nuclear fusion, some mass is just plain lost in space.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

A Sunspot Cycle is 11 years in length.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 7

In order to produce the sunlight we see, the Sun has to have very few reactions within it.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 8

What is the approximate volume of the Sun compared to Earth?

Accepted Answer

C) 1,000,000 times the volume of Earth

Answer

A) 100 times the volume of Earth

Answer

B) 1,000 times the volume of Earth

Answer

D) 100,000,000 times the volume of Earth

Question 9

What is the chemical composition of the sun? Select all the apply.

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Accepted Answer

Helium

Answer

Lithium

Answer

Iron

Answer

Gold

Question 10

The sun is mainly what state of matter?

Accepted Answer

Plasma

Answer

Solid

Answer

Liquid

Answer

Gas

Answer

Antimatter

Question 11

The sun's energy is generated where?

Accepted Answer

Core

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

Answer

Chromosphere

Question 12

What two zones bring energy towards the surface. Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Radiative Zone

Accepted Answer

Convective Zone

Answer

Transition Zone

Answer

Core

Question 13

When you take a picture of the sun, what are you taking a picture of and in what wavelength?

Accepted Answer

Photosphere, Visible

Answer

Photosphere, UV

Answer

Corona, Visible

Answer

Chromosphere, UV

Question 14

Which layer of the sun glows pink in a solar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Chromosphere

Answer

Corona

Answer

Photosphere

Answer

Core

Question 15

A spicule exists in which layer of the sun?

Accepted Answer

Chromosphere

Answer

Corona

Answer

Photosphere

Answer

Core

Question 16

There are __ sunspots when the sun is active.

Accepted Answer

More

Answer

Less

Question 17

Active regions in the corona line up with sunspots.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

Sunspots are ____ in temperature due to magnetic fields blocking convection.

Accepted Answer

Colder

Answer

Warmer

Question 19

We can accurately predict exactly when solar storms will happen.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 20

Solar storms have no impact on Earth.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 21

Mass can be considered a source of energy.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 22

Each particle in an atom has an antiparticle.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 23

Neutrinos are virtually massless and do not interact with other materials easily.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 24

Fusion does not happen on Earth because it is too hot.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 25

How much mass is converted in the proton proton chain each second?

Accepted Answer

4 million tons

Answer

500,000 tons

Answer

6 billion tons

Answer

Mass is not converted.

Question 26

What do we call the balance between the inward force of gravity and the outward push from nuclear fusion.

Accepted Answer

Hydrostatic Equillibrum

Answer

Solar Balance Theory

Answer

Wizardry

Question 27

Label part 1

Accepted Answer

#1 Core

Answer

#1 Radiation zone

Answer

#1 Convection zone

Answer

#1 Photosphere

Question 28

Label part 5 What we see when we view the sun

Accepted Answer

#5 Photosphere

Answer

#5 Chromosphere

Answer

#5 Radiation zone

Answer

#5 Convection zone

Question 29

Identify part 7.

Accepted Answer

sunspot

Answer

solar flare

Answer

corona

Answer

radiation zone

Question 30

Label part 6

Accepted Answer

#6 Corona

Answer

#6 Prominences

Answer

#6 Sunspots

Answer

#6 Photosphere

Question 31

fast-moving stream of particles thrown into space by solar flares

Accepted Answer

solar wind

Answer

magnitude

Answer

corona

Answer

solar flare

Question 32

Identify part 5.

Accepted Answer

chromosphere

Answer

photosphere

Answer

core

Answer

radiation zone

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