Sun Features

Sun Features

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Sun Features

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-PS1-1, HS-PS4-4

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which part of the sun is best described by the characteristics listed below:

- extending more than one million kilometers from its surface.
- temperature can reach two million degrees
- solar winds originate

prominences

sunspots

solar flares

corona

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The photo shows a bright, looping projection which extends from the surface of the sun. This projection is called the

coronal mass ejection

solar winds

solar flare

solar prominence

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Dark spots that are visible on the surface of the sun that are caused by intense magnetic activity that disrupts convection forming areas of reduced surface temperature.

solar winds

solar flares

solar prominences

sun spots

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This is the lowest layer of the sun's atmosphere, and emits the light we see. It is about 300 miles (500 km) thick, although most of the light comes from its lowest third.

aurorae

solar winds

solar prominences

photosphere

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Why are sunspots darker than the surrounding areas?

The hotter gas releases less light

The Cooler gas releases less light

They look that way because the light form the sun 

They are created by shadows from the moon.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Maya noticed some dark spots on the sun through her telescope. Why are these sunspots darker than the surrounding areas?

The hotter gas releases less light

The Cooler gas releases less light

They look that way because the light form the sun 

They are created by shadows from the moon.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

a brief burst of energy from the sun’s photosphere

corona

solar flare

solar wind

photosphere

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