Solar Cycles
11 years (10-12 years)
What does a star form from?
Nebula
What is the definition of nebula?
a giant cloud of gas and dust in space
How far away is the sun from earth?
93,000,000 miles away (93 million miles)
In Avengers: Infinity War, what is at the heart of the forge that makes Thor's new weapon Stormbreaker?
neutron star
A solar maximum is when the sun has the most what?
sun spots
What phase of star formation is our sun in? (two words)
main sequence star
The closest nebulas to earth is called?
Helix nebula
solar flares
solar flares (neutrinos)
Along with the sun spots, the sun's **blank** can be used to track the solar cycle.
magnetic field
What type of star does a supernova result from?
red giant
Nebulas represent which stage of the star life cycle?
first stage
What is the process called that powers the sun?
fusion
The sun yellow glow of the sun heightens which superhero's ability earth? hint: DC hero
Superman
True or False: Solar Flares can effect electrical grid activity on earth
true
True or false: our sun with likely end its life cycle as a black hole
false
if the nearest nebula is 700 light years away. Travelling at HALF the speed of light, how long would it take to get there from earth?
1400 years
Other than the core, which layer of the sun is the hottest?
The corona (outermost layer)
In the 2009 movie Star Trek, red matter destroys the world of Vulcan in a black hole. Which character's home world is this?
Spock
According to the picture diagram on the NASA article, what year will the sun reach its next solar maximum?
2023-2025
Star life cycles typically take one of two paths: what differentiates one path from the other?
mass or size
true or false: a stars life cycle can start and end in a nebula?
true
Which two elements is the sun primarily composed of?
hydrogen and helium
In the movie "Interstellar", proximity to a black hole causes time peculiarities, where one hour on the distant planet equals 7 years on Earth. What is this term called in science?
time dilation