Ultimate Facts About The Sun! Trivia Quiz
25 Questions
| Total Attempts: 156
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Questions and Answers
- 1.____________ are powerful magnetic fields that block the flow of gases from beneath the photosphere.
- 2.What is the sun made out of ?
- A.
Soil
- B.
Volcanoes
- C.
Gases
- D.
Red Die
- 3.Who was the first to use a telescope for astronomy?
- A.
Galileo Galilei
- B.
Andromeda Galaxy
- C.
George Bush
- D.
Zack Efron
- 4.The Sun is classified as a moderately large
- A.
White tall
- B.
Orange dwarf
- C.
Yellow dwarf
- 5.List four ways the sun is important to our solar system?
- 6.Which of the following objects does NOT travel around the Sun?
- A.
Comets
- B.
Asteroids
- C.
Moons
- D.
Earth
- 7.What is the galaxy star closest to us (Earth)?
- A.
Big Dipper
- B.
Saturn
- C.
Sun
- D.
North Star
- 8.What is a very large group of stars and planets that includes the Sun and its solar system called?
- A.
Venus
- B.
Milky Way
- C.
Solar System
- D.
Earth
- 9.What are the sun and the celestial bodies that orbit the sun, including planets, satellites, asteroids, comets, dust, and gas called?
- A.
Asteroid Belt
- B.
Planets
- C.
Atmosphere
- D.
Solar System
- 10.Stars are bigger than the planets.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Dark areas on the surface of the sun are called _____________________
- A.
Sunspots
- B.
Solar flare
- 12.Burst of energy from the sun's atmosphere is called ___________________________
- A.
Main sequence
- B.
Solar flare
- 13.The distance light travels in one year.
- A.
Magnitude
- B.
Light year
- 14.Particles are thrown into space from the sun.
- A.
Solar flare
- B.
Solar wind
- 15.Group of stars, gas and dust.
- A.
Universe
- B.
Galaxy
- 16.The brightness of a star.
- A.
Magnitude
- B.
Fusion
- 17.The surface of the sun.
- A.
Photosphere
- B.
Corona
- 18.Atmosphere of the sun.
- A.
Photosphere
- B.
Corona
- 19.Solar energy is produce by _______________________
- A.
Fusion
- B.
Waves
- 20.Energy from the sun travels in ____________________________
- A.
Waves
- B.
Bursts
- 21.In which layer do sunspots occur?
- A.
Photosphere
- B.
Core
- 22.Which layer is the hottest part of the sun?
- A.
Photosphere
- B.
Core
- 23.Absolute magnitude of a star depends on
- A.
Absolute dullness
- B.
Absolute brightness
- 24.Temperature of a star can be detected by its
- A.
Shape
- B.
Color
- 25.Is this the proper sequence of a change for a star like our sun: 1. A swirling cloud of dust, a nebula, become a small, cool star 2. A protostar grows in mass and its temperature rises until it begins to glow 3. The star uses up most of its fuel and grows to become a red giant 4. The star shrinks and becomes a white dwarf
- A.
True
- B.
False
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