Features of the Sun

The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear reaction

• nuclear core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:

• coronal discharge

• solar flares

• coronal ejection

• solar winds

The following features of the sun's surface are caused by the strong magnetic field of the sun except ________________.

• Filament

• Coronal Loops

• Prominence

• Aurora

It is the dark region of the surface of the sun that has a relatively lower temperature than any of its surface.

• Corona

• Sunspot

• Convection Zone

• Photosphere

In a high-resolution view, the sunspot has 2 distinct areas of light and dark portion namely _______________________

• Maria and Terrae

• Black and White

• Umbra and Penumbra

• Light and Shadow

The sunspot appears to be dark due to the presence of a strong magnetic field

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

In a magnetogram, the white part shows that the magnetic field is pointing towards us.

• False

• True

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

In a magnetogram, the black part shows that the magnetic field is pointing towards us.

• True

• False

They appear as dark absorption features on the solar atmosphere.

• Prominence

• Filament

• Coronal Loop

• Solar Flare

They appears as bright features because they reflect sunlight toward us

• Prominence

• Filament

• Coronal Loop

• Solar Flare