What is a Solar Flare

A large amount of energy is released to the surface of the Sun.

What does the Core of the Sun do?

It creates a nuclear reaction called Nuclear Fusion (Hydrogen into Helium).

Name the colors of the Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram from Hottest to Coolest

Blue-White, White, Yellow, Red-Orange, and Red.

A tail of charged gases that always faces away from the sun.

What are the Sun's layers in order? (Inside-Out)

Core, Radioactive Zone, Convective Zone, Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona

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1
What is a Solar Flare
Dark areas that appear on the surface of the Sun.
A large amount of energy is released to the surface of the Sun.
A stream of incandescent gas projecting above the sun's chromosphere.
Charged particles that flow out of the Sun in all directions.
2
Another name for the inner planets are?
Gas Giants
Terrestrial
Jovian
Asteroids
3
What does the Core of the Sun do?
It Creates a nuclear reaction (Helium into Hydrogen).
It Creates a Radioactive reaction (Helium into Hydrogen).
It creates a nuclear reaction called Nuclear Fusion (Hydrogen into Helium).
A luminous envelope of plasma that surrounds the sun.
4
What type of galaxy is shown in the picture?
Local Group
Irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
5
What is labeled on the X-axis of the Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram?
The Temperature
Main Sequence
The Brightness
Super Giants
6
What would number 1 be labeled as?
Sunspot
Convection Zone
Core
Corona
7
What is number 5?
Corona
Photosphere
Core
Chromosphere
8
Name the colors of the Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram from Hottest to Coolest
Blue-White, White, Yellow, Red-Orange, and Red.
White, Blue-White, Yellow, Red-Orange, and Red.
Red, Red-Orange, Yellow, White, and Blue-White.
Red, Red-Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue-White.
9
An Ion tail is...
Gas that surrounds the Nucleus.
The frozen center of a comet.
A tail of charged gases that always faces away from the sun.
Wide tail that composes of microscopic dust particles.
10
What is number 2?
Radiation Zone
Convection Zone
Core
Corona
11
What makes up a galaxy?
All of the Above
Stellar remnants
dust and dark matter
Interstellar gas
12
What should number 3 be labeled as?
Photosphere
Sunspots
Convection Zone
Solar Flare
13
The picture shown shows a SPIRAL galaxy
False
True
14
What layer of the Sun can you see during a full solar eclipse?
Chromosphere
Core
Corona
Photosphere
15
Number 9 is Prominence.
False
True
16
What are the Sun's layers in order? (Inside-Out)
Corona, Photosphere Core, Chromosphere, Raidiation zone
Core, Radioactive Zone, Convective Zone, Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona
Core, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Corona
Core, Convective Zone, Chromosphere, Photosphere, Corona
17
What is the name of the galaxy group that our galaxy is in?
Solar System
Earth
Local Group
Milkyway
18
What type of galaxy is shown in the picture here?
Elliptical
Irregular
Spiral
Super Nova
19
What is on the Y-axis of the Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram?
Yellow
The Brightness
Red
The Temperature
20
A Meteoroid is a space rock floating in space.
True
False
21
Our Sun isn't a Main Sequence star.
True
False

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