The Sun
  • 1. What is the center of the sun called?
A) corona
B) chronosphere
C) photosphere
D) core
  • 2. What is causes solar winds?
A) lunar eclipse
B) the aurora borealis
C) flow of protons and electrons from sun
D) solar eclipse
  • 3. What takes place in the center of the sun?
A) 2 hydrogen atoms combine
B) helium is formed
C) nuclear fusion
D) all of the above
  • 4. What causes the aurora borealis?
A) the moon
B) the sunset
C) solar winds
D) the northern lights
  • 5. What is the sun's surface (visiable layer) called?
A) photosphere
B) corona
C) convection zone
D) chronosphere
  • 6. The longest wave lengths of the electromagnetic spectrum are:
A) x rays
B) microwaves
C) gamma rays
D) radio waves
  • 7. The smallest wave lengths of the electromagnetic spectrum are:
A) microwaves
B) gamma rays
C) x rays
D) radio waves
  • 8. True or False The sun gives off all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
A) False
B) True
  • 9. The part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see is called.
A) infered light
B) we can see all of the electromagnetic spectrum
C) ultraviolet light
D) the visible spectrum
  • 10. How far away is the sun from the earth on average?
A) 93 thousand miles
B) 1 light year
C) 93 billion miles
D) 93 million miles
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