Vocabulary
What is the radiation zone?
The layer of the sun's interior where energy is transferred mainly by radiation
What is in the middle of an atom?
Nucleus
How many hydrogen atoms are in 5 helium atoms?
20 hydrogen atoms
The sun produces 1.26x1016 kg of hydrogen per day. How much hydrogen does the sun produce per year?
1.45x1011 kg/year
What is 489000000 in scientific notation?
4.89x108
The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light
Photosphere
Where is a neutron located on an atom?
Inside the atom, with the proton
How much of hydrogen doesn't become helium? And what does it become?
1%, and it becomes energy
1 year
What is 2.61x10-7 in standard notation?
0.000000261
What is the convection zone?
The outermost layer of the sun's interior
How many protons are there in a Sodium atom?
11
Why is the nuclear reaction in the core of a star?
Jupiter's mass is 1.989x1030 kg. If it produces 8.36x1017 kg of energy per year, how many more years will it continue to generate energy?
2.38x1012 years
What is 2.29x1028 in standard notation?
22900000000000000000000000000
What is the prominence?
The reddish loops of gas that link parts of the sunspot regions
20.18 (20 is also fine)
A star converts 2.29x1015 kg of hydrogen into helium each day. How much hydrogen is converted into helium per year?
8.36x1017 kg/year
What is 825900000000 in scientific notation?
8.259x1011
What are the areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the glasses around them?
Sunspots
What are the types of atom models discovered in time called in order?
Solid Sphere, Plum Pudding, Nuclear, Planetary, Quantum
The sun produces 4.37x105 kg of hydrogen per day. How much hydrogen does it produce per year?
1.6x108 kg/year
What is 6.72x1012 in standard notation?
6720000000000