Solar System Question Preview (ID: 8721)
Students Will Be Quizzed On The Basic Terms Learned About The Solar System.
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In a geocentric model
a) The sun is at the center of the solar system
b) the milky way is at the center of the solar system
c) Earth is at the center of the solar system
d) Mars is at the center of the solar system
In a heliocentric model
a) The sun is at the center of the solar system
b) the milky way is at the center of the solar system
c) Earth is at the center of the solar system
d) Mars is at the center of the solar system
Kepler discovered that
a) the planets orbit around the sun was done in a perfect circle
b) Copernicus geocentric model was incorrect
c) the telescope can observe stars and planets from afar
d) The orbit of the planets around the sun was an ellipse rather than a perfect circle
The sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion which is:
a) the combining of a hydrogen atom and a helium atom
b) the combining of two hydrogen atoms to form helium
c) the gradual decreasing of the sun's mass
d) the formation of burning fuel on the sun's outer layer
The region of the sun that has tightly packed gas where energy is transferred through electromagnetic radiation
a) is the lithosphere
b) is the photosphere
c) is the convection zone
d) is the radiation zone
The outermost layer of the sun's interior is
a) hydrosphere
b) the core
c) the convection zone
d) the radiation zone
The outer layer of the sun which looks like a white halo is the
a) corona
b) chromosphere
c) photosphere
d) core
sunspots are often linked by reddish loops of gases called
a) fireballs
b) solar flares
c) solar wind
d) prominences
Which of the following is a gas that erupts into space from the sun
a) fireballs
b) solar flares
c) solar wind
d) prominences
When the output of solar flares from the sun's corona increases
a) the size of the sun decreases
b) earthquakes occur along tectonic plate lines
c) there is a greater chance of seeing auroras in the sky
d) it causes a power outage on Earth
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