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Chapter 3 Sections 1 & 2 Review
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A review on Chapter 3: The Solar System. Only from Sections 1 and 2
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1
Which number depicts prominences?
9
6
7
8
2
What do you see in the photosphere? HINT: it's in the name
Visible light
Gases
Solar wind
Solar flares
3
Name the inner layers of the Sun in order from numbers 1-3.
Core, Radiation Zone, Convection Zone
Radiation Zone, Core, Convection Zone
Convection Zone, Radiation Zone, Core
Core, Convection Zone, Radiation Zone
4
What does the word "chromo" mean?
light
sphere
color
gas
5
What is the radiation zone?
tightly packed gas in the form of electromagnetic radiation
loosely packed gas in the form of electromagnetic energy
tightly packed gas in the outermost layer
loosely packed gas in the outermost layer
6
What is
Nuclear Fusion?
Two hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium
Two atoms separate to form another element
Three hydrogen atoms join to form helium
Two helium atoms join together to form hydrogen
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What is solar wind?
Streams of electrically charged particles
Streams of semi charged particles
8
Kepler was Brahe's apprentice. What did Brahe assign him to observe?
Mars's orbit
Jupiter's moons
Earth's Moon
Venus's orbit
9
Who pioneered the heliocentric system?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Galileo
Ptolemy
10
Who pioneered the geocentric system?
Johannes Kepler
Ptolemy
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus
11
What is a geocentric system?
The Earth and the rest of the planets revolve around the Sun
The Sun and the planets revolve around Earth
The Sun and the Moon revolves around other planets
The Earth revolves around the moon
12
What happens in the convection zone?
Hot gas rises as cool gas rises
Cool gas rises, while hot gas sinks
Cool gas sinks while the hot gas sinks
Hot gas rises, cooling it in the process; cool gas sinks
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What else did Ptolemy contribute to the geocentric system?
The planets rotate on its axis
The Sun revolves around the moon
The Sun rotates on its axis
The planets orbit in circles
14
Is this model considered a geocentric system or a heliocentric system?
Both
Heliocentric
Geocentric
None
15
Name the layers of the Sun's atmosphere in order from numbers 4-6
Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona
Chromosphere, Corona, Photosphere
Photosphere, Corona, Chromosphere
Corona, Chromosphere, Photosphere
16
What TWO conditions are needed for nuclear fusion to happen?
Extremely high temperature and extremely high pressure
Extremely high temperature and extremely low pressure
Extremely low temperature and extremely low pressure
Extremely low temperature and extremely high pressure
17
Who made this model?
Johannes Kepler
Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
18
What happens when solar wind enters into the Earth's atmosphere?
Disappears after hitting the stratosphere
Auroras form in the sky
Interferes with the ozone layer
Nothing
19
What did observing Jupiter's moons prove to Galileo?
That the moons have phases.
Not everything revolves around the Sun.
That there are more objects in space.
Not everything revolves around Earth
20
What two observations did Galileo see to support the heliocentric system?
Earth's moon and Venus's orbit
Jupiter's moons and Venus's orbit
Jupiter's moons and Earth's orbit
Mars's moons and Venus's orbit
21
What is the heliocentric system?
None of these.
The Sun revolves around Earth
The Earth revolves around the moon
Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
22
The corona looks like a white halo. What happens to that halo as it extends outward?
nothing
turns into solar wind
turns into solar flare
turns into prominences
23
In what situation would you see the chromosphere most "clearly"
during a total solar eclipse
during a total lunar eclipse
all situations
none of these
24
What did Kepler discover that made (and still is) a huge impact in astronomy?
The Sun is in the center of our solar system.
There are more planets in our solar system.
Planets orbit in perfect circles
Planets don't orbit in perfect circles, but as an ellipse
25
Why are sunspots dark in color?
Spots are cooler than the rest of the Sun
None of these
Sun has holes
Spots are hotter than the rest of the sun
26
What is the process in which the Sun gets its energy from?
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Reactor
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Energy
27
When hydrogen is converted to helium, what happens to the rest of the mass of hydrogen?
It gets converted into carbohydrates.
It gets converted into energy
It gets converted into sugar
It gets converted into starch
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What did Copernicus also contribute in the heliocentric model?
Planets orbit in perfect circles
None of the above
He put the planets in order, ending with Saturn.
He put the planets in order, ending with Jupiter
