Solar Wind

Solar Wind

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Solar Wind

Solar Wind

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS2-5, HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

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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