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Test Description: 6th grade Virginia Glenco text

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Particles that escape from the sun's __________ move through space as solar wind.

Acorona Bphotosphere Cchromosphere Dsurface

2) Prominence, or huge arching columns of gas, are thought to be caused by__________.

AEarth's magnetic field Bthe rotation of the galaxy Cthe magnetic field associated with sunspots Dthe Sun's rotation

3) What does CME stand for?

ACoronal Mass Ejections BCoronal Mass Emissions CCoronal Materials Ejections DCentral Mass Ejections

4) An aurora, like the aurora borealis is caused by

Asolarwind BCME's Csolar flares Dparticles from solar flares

5) A binary system is composed of ___________ stars.

Atwo Bfour Cthree Dfive

6) When stars are located closer to one another, their attraction to one another increases due to __________.

Atheir weight Bgravity Ctheir temperature Dtheir age

7) Why are circumpolar constellations visible all year long?

Abecause they are the closest Bbecause they are the brightest stars CAll constellations are visible all year long Dbecause they are located directly above the North Pole

8) The of a star is a measure of the amount of light it gives off.

Aabsolute solitude Babsolute magnitude Capparent magnitude Dapparent strength

9) The is a measure of the amount of light received on earth.

Aabsolute measure Bapparent measure Capparent magnitude Dabsolute magnitude

10) Circumpolar constellations __________.

Anever appear around the North Pole Bare located in a circular constellation Care always located above the North Pole Dappear to circle around the North Star as the Earth rotates.

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