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Structure And Features Of The Sun. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What state of matter is the Sun?
a) a solid
b) a liquid
c) a gas
d) plasma

Huge loops of plasma that erupt from the Sun's surface are _________.
a) sunspots
b) prominences
c) solar wind
d) solar flares

A stream of charged particles from the Sun that stream out into space.
a) sunspots
b) prominences
c) solar wind
d) solar flares

How hot is the Sun's core?
a) About 15 million degrees Celsius
b) About 5000 degrees Celsius
c) One million degrees Celsius
d) About 500 degrees Celsius

The Sun rotates once every 25.4 days at the equator and near the poles it can take as long as 36 days. Why?
a) Because the equator and poles of the Sun are made up different elements.
b) Because it is such a large star.
c) Because of the gravitational pull of the Earth.
d) Because the Sun is not a solid body like the Earth it is made of gases.

How many Earth's could fit inside the Sun?
a) 100
b) 1000
c) 100,000
d) 1,000,000

The Sun is made up of
a) 1/4 hydrogen and 3/4 helium
b) 3/4 oxygen and 1/4 helium
c) 3/4 hydrogen and 1/4 helium
d) 1/4 oxygen and 3/4 hydrogen

One type of solar storm is a _______.
a) sunspot
b) prominence
c) solar wind
d) solar flare

What are the three layers of the Sun's atmosphere from the innermost to the outermost?
a) photosphere, chromosphere, corona
b) corona, photosphere, chromosphere
c) photosphere, corona, chromosphere
d) chromosphere, photosphere, corona

This is the layer of the sun that we see?
a) photosphere
b) core
c) convection zone
d) radiative zone

Name the layers of the sun in order from innermost to outermost
a) radiation zone, convection zone, core
b) photosphere, corona, radiation zone
c) core, radiation zone, convection zone
d) core, convection zone, radiation zone

This process produces the Sun's energy
a) fission
b) respiration
c) photosynthesis
d) fusion

How much mass of the solar system does the Sun account for?
a) 99%
b) 99.8%
c) 100%
d) 80%

Sunspots are darker than the rest of the sun because...
a) they are warmer spots of gas
b) they are cooler spots of gas
c) they are mini black holes
d) they are made up of a different gas

What type of star is our Sun?
a) white dwarf
b) red giant
c) yellow giant
d) yellow dwarf

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