Components of the Sun

Large loops of super-hot gas that extend out from the Sun’s surface.

• Solar prominences

• Sunspots

• Solar flares

• Photosphere

The dark patches on the surface of the sun

• Solar flares

• Solar prominences

• Photosphere

• Sunspots

Thin layer where hot gas rises to the surface, cools, and then sinks back into deeper layers creating convection currents.

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Solar flare

• Chromosphere

The outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere where the layer of gas can reach over 3 000 000°C.

• chromosphere

• corona

• photosphere

• prominences

Found beneath the corona; a 3000 km thick layer of hot (6000–20 000°C), low-density gas.

• sub-corona

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• sub-photosphere

The two elements the sun is made of.

• Argon & Nitrogen

• Hydrogen & Oxygen

• Nitrogen & Oxygen

• Hydrogen & Helium

What is the distance between the sun and the Earth called?

• A lightyear

• An Astronomical Unit

• A Siriometer

• A Potrzebie

How many Earth's could fit inside the sun?

• One

• Ten

• One Thousand

• One Million

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What temperature can the sun reach?

• 15 degrees Celsius

• 15 thousand degrees Celsius

• 15 million degrees Celsius

• 150 million degrees Celsius

How long does it take light from the sun to reach Earth?

• 2 minutes

• 5 mintes

• 8 minutes

• 33 minutes