Solar Activity
Sun Structure
Energy in the Sun
Solar Cycles
Random
100
Name one type of solar activity on the surface of the Sun.
Sunspot, Coronal Mass Ejection, Prominence, Solar Flare
100
What is the hottest part of the Sun?
The Core
100
What process produces energy in the Sun? Where does this occur?
Nuclear Fusion in the Core
100
What occurs at a "solar maximum"?
The number of sunspots reaches its peak.
100
What state did Mr. Kallio work before moving back to Wisconsin?
Arizona
200
Name the following phenomenon on the surface of the Sun.
Prominence loop or Solar Prominence.
200
Give the correct order of the layers of the Sun starting at the center and working outward.
Core - Radiation Zone - Convection Zone - Photosphere - Chromosphere - Corona
200
How many hydrogen atoms are needed to make one stable helium atom?
Four
200
In 2025 we had our last solar maximum, when do we predict our next solar maximum to be?
2036 (they happen every 11 years)
200
How many inches was this Northern Pike that Mr. Kallio caught?
48"
300
Name this structure and explain why its dark in color.
This is a sunspot and its dark in color because of its cooler in temperature than the surrounding surface of the Sun.
300
What is the Sun mostly made of?
70% Hydrogen
300
Name the 3 bi-products of nuclear fusion.
Positron, Neutrino, Gamma Ray
300
The last "Solar Maximum" was in 2025, when would our next "Solar Minimum" be?
2030-2031
300
What kind of teacher is Mr. Kallio intending on becoming?
Physical Education Teacher
400
Explain the reason we have solar activity.
The poles of the sun rotate on the axis slower than the equator of the sun. This difference in rotational velocity causes magnetic fields to wind up. Some of these fields protrude out of the Sun's surface causing solar activity.
400
Choose the graph that most accurately describes the temperature trend in the solar atmosphere.
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400
Explain why the pathway of a photon of energy takes so long as it travels through the radiation layer.
A photon needs to travel a long distance (600,000 km), travel through extremely dense material, and is randomly redirected when it comes in contact with a particle.
400
In general where are sunspots located when they occur on the Sun?
Parallel with the equator at mid-latitudes. Never at the poles.
400
What is Mr. Kallio's home town?
Almond, WI
500
Explain what a CME is. What would be the felt effects of this on Earth?
A CME is a Coronal Mass Ejection, where a prominence loop suddenly snaps sending a giant release of energy and plasma material flying through space.
This can cause damage to technology on Earth including power outages.
500
What layer of the Sun is this depicting? Explain why it looks the way it does.
The photosphere. The granulated look is from the individual plasma tubes that the process of convection creates.
500
Describe Hydrostatic Equilibrium
Balance between pressure by nuclear fusion in the core pushing outward —> and inward pull of gravity from the mass of the Sun
500
What occurs during a "Hale Cycle"?
Every 11 years the poles of the Sun flip, north becomes south and south becomes north. Every 22 years the poles have completed flipped back to the original polarity.
500
What is Mr. Kallio max bench?
515 lbs... jk idk you tell them ;)