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A solar flare is observed, and radio interference arrives
a) 10 minutes later
b) 500 seconds later
c) simultaneously
d) the next day

The mass of all the planets combined is ___ of the Sun
a) less than 1%
b) 5%
c) 10%
d) 99.85%

What protects life from excessive UV radiation?
a) clouds
b) stratosphere
c) chromosphere
d) ozone layer

Which of the following has the layers of the Sun correct from inside out?
a) Core, convective, radiative, chormosphere
b) Core, radiative, convective, chromosphere
c) convective, radiative, chromosphere, corona
d) core, chromosphere, convective, photosphere

What is the source of the Sun's energy?
a) helium
b) fission
c) fusion
d) magnetic fields

What can the number of sunspots predict?
a) the number of flares and prominences
b) the number of coronal mass ejections
c) simultaneous radio interference
d) the number of days with an Aurora Borealis

How long between solar max's?
a) 11 days
b) unknown
c) 15 years
d) 11 years

What causes sunspots, flares, and prominences?
a) solar wind
b) magnetic fields
c) convection
d) light

What does Earth have in the atmosphere that no other planet has that's necessary to sustain life?
a) greenhouse effect
b) volcanoes
c) water
d) sunlight

Jovian planets ________
a) all have rings
b) are more dense than terrestrial planets
c) have few, if any, moons
d) orbit faster than terrestrial planets

Newton and Kepler agreed about what?
a) Planets closer to the Sun in orbit will move slower, and planets further from the Sun will move slower
b) Planets closer to the Sun in orbit will move slower, and planets further from the Sun will move faster
c) Planets closer to the Sun in orbit will move faster, and planets further from the Sun will move faster
d) Planets closer to the Sun in orbit will move faster, and planets further from the Sun will move slower

Where do long-period comets and short-period comets reside?
a) Kuiper Belt; Oort cloud
b) Oort cloud; Kuiper Belt
c) Kuiper Belt; Main Asteroid Belt
d) Main Asteroid Belt; Oort cloud

What temperature is required for the core of a star to begin fusion?
a) 10 billion K
b) 53,000 K
c) 100 million K
d) 10 million K

Which planets are the most dense?
a) all the Jovian planets
b) all the Terrestrial planets
c) Mercury and Jupiter
d) Neptune, Earth, and Mars

Pluto is found ____, and Ceres is found ____
a) Oort cloud; Kuiper Belt
b) Main Asteroid Belt; Oort cloud
c) Kuiper Belt; Main Asteroid Belt
d) Both are in the Kuiper Belt

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