Solar Wind

Quiz
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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the solar wind primarily composed of?
Electrons and protons
Neutrons and gamma rays
Helium and oxygen
Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which spacecraft was the first to study the solar wind?
Voyager 1
Pioneer 10
Mariner 2
Galileo
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does the solar wind affect Earth's magnetosphere?
It strengthens the magnetosphere
It has no effect
It compresses the magnetosphere
It expands the magnetosphere
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS2-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the average speed of the solar wind?
400 km/s
100 km/s
1000 km/s
10 km/s
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which layer of the Sun is the source of the solar wind?
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Corona
Core
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What phenomenon on Earth is caused by the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere?
Earthquakes
Auroras
Tsunamis
Volcanic eruptions
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the primary method used to measure the solar wind?
Seismographs
Spectrometers
Magnetometers
Anemometers
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