Sun Quiz: Physical Properties & The 8 Layers
This quiz will determine the amount of knowledge acquired from this VFT exploring the Sun.
- 1.How does the Sun rotate?
- A.
Differentially
- B.
Clockwise
- C.
Counter-clockwise
- D.
Faster at the poles, slower at the equator
- 2.The light we see from the Sun comes from which layer?
- A.
Ionosphere
- B.
Troposphere
- C.
Photosphere
- D.
Corona
- 3.The temperature of the layer of gas that produces the visible light of the Sun is:
- A.
15 million K
- B.
5,800 K
- C.
90,000 K
- D.
12, 540 K
- 4.A loop of gas following the magnetic field lines between sunspots' poles is:
- A.
A coronal hole
- B.
A solar flare
- C.
A ray
- D.
A prominence
- 5.How many planet Earths could fit inside the Sun?
- A.
1,000
- B.
Close to a billion
- C.
A little over a million
- D.
2,000
- 6.The density of the Sun is most similar to which object?
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
The Earth
- C.
Haleys Comet
- D.
Mercury
- 7.Energy generated by nuclear fusion occurs where?
- A.
Radiation zone
- B.
Core
- C.
Chromosphere
- D.
Corona
- 8.Which layer is energy transported by electromagnetic radiation?
- A.
Core
- B.
Radiation zone
- C.
Photosphere
- D.
Corona
- 9.What happens in the photosphere?
- A.
Electromagnetic radiation can escape
- B.
Nuclear fusion
- C.
Nuclear fission
- D.
Energy carried by convection
- 10.Cool lower atmosphere:
- A.
Solarsphere
- B.
Borosphere
- C.
Crasmphere
- D.
Chromosphere
- 11.What layer(s) can solar material escape into space and flow outward through the solar system?
- A.
Radiation zone
- B.
Solar wind
- C.
Radiation zone & the core
- D.
The core & the chromosphere
- 12.In the radiation zone of the Sun the temperature is a little cooler than the core and as a result some atoms are able to remain intact. In this manner the energy that is generated in the core is passed from atom to atom through the:
- A.
Transition zone
- B.
Chromosphere
- C.
Core
- D.
Radiation zone
- 13.The exterior of the Sun is comprised of the _______ and the______, both of which can be studied using an array of telescopes and radiation detectors.
- A.
Solar contant and the surface
- B.
Solar oscillation and solar constant
- C.
Stars and the milkyway
- D.
Surface and the atmosphere
- 14.The continuous rising and falling of hot and cool bubbles produces a pattern on the surface of the Sun that is referred to as:
- A.
Flares
- B.
Transuslation
- C.
Solar oscillation
- D.
Granulation
- 15.Energy is transported through the photosphere by:
- A.
Xrays and radiation
- B.
Xrays
- C.
Radiation
- D.
UV rays
- 16.It takes light from the Sun how long to reach Earth:
- A.
24 hours
- B.
1 minute
- C.
10 seconds
- D.
Just over 8 minutes
- 17.Most of the light that we receive from the Sun on earth is energy that was released by atoms in the:
- A.
Photosphere
- B.
Platasphere
- C.
Chromosephere
- D.
Corona
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