Identifying Layers
Which layer is known as the middle of the Sun?
The Core
The Transitional Region
Number 6
Jupiter is not composed of similar materials, as compared to the Sun
False. They are made of similar materials.
The aphelion is a planet's closest point from it's star.
Replace "aphelion" with "perihelion".
The largest mass in our Solar system is ___ ___.
the Sun
What layer causes the slight glow on the outline of the Sun during a Solar Eclipse?
The Corona
The Radiative Zone
Number 2
True
Jupiter is our solar system's largest mass.
Replace "Jupiter" with "The Sun"
The outermost layer is the ______.
Corona
Which layer causes radiation to heat up and rise, cool down and lower, and then repeat the cycle?
The Convection Zone
The Core
Number 1
Solar flares are completely harmless to our Planet
False, It could potentially be an extinction level event.
The Sun is explorable with our current technology.
Add "not" in between "is" and "explorable".
Sunspots are visible on the surface of the __________.
Photosphere
What layer is strictly plasma, and it's name derives from the Greek root word "Chroma"(meaning color).
The Chromosphere
The Corona
Number 7
The Core is above 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.
False. Approximately 27 million degrees Fahrenheit.
The Core is the outermost layer of the Sun.
Replace "outermost" with "innermost".
Reaching the ____ of the Sun will most likely be forever impossible for humans.
What layer's name means "Sphere of Light"?
The Photosphere
The Photosphere
Number 4
The Northern Lights (cause by charged particles sent out by our Sun's solar flares) are also called Aurora Australis
False, Aurora Borealis.
The Sun is not vital to human life.
Delete "not".
When a star reaches the end of it's lifetime after billions of years, this phenomenal event called a _________ occurs.
supernova