Our Sun
Life of a Star
MISC
Constellations
Sun Features
100

The center of our Sun

What is a core?

100

The gravity is so intense not even light can escape.

What is a black hole?

100

Reaction that happens for a star to be born

What is nuclear fusion?

100

Group of stars named for Greek gods, animals and everyday objects

What is a constellation?

100

cool dark spots on the Sun

What is a Sunspot?

200

The layer that cycles energy in a circle within our Sun.

What is the Convection Zone?

200

Our Sun's location on the life cycle of a star.

What is main sequence star?

200
A stars brightness

What is luminosity?

200

Group of constellations linked to months that people study for descriptions of themselves

What is the zodiacs?

200

explosive gases that shoot off the Sun

What is a solar flare?

300

The inner most layer of the Sun's atmosphere?

What is the Photosphere?

300

Gas and dust that pull together by gravity.

What is a nebula?

300

The diagram we use to compare a star's luminosity and absolute magnitude.

What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? Will accept H-R diagram.

300

The most well known constellation.

What is the big dipper?

300

Solar flare that turns back toward the Sun and can last a few days to months.

What is a prominence?

400

The 2nd layer of the Sun's atmosphere, that we only see during a solar eclipse

What is the Chromosphere?

400
The birth of a star (list 2 parts)

What is Protostar and fusion?

400

Determines a stars luminosity, temperature, diameter and how it will die

What is mass of a star?

400

The real number of zodiac constellations

What is 13?

400

The second layer of the inside of the sun between the core and the convective zone.

What is the radiative zone?

500

The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere we can only see with special instruments during a solar eclipse.

What is the Corona?

500

Large explosion that happens to large mass stars

What is a supernova?

500
The change in wavelength that occurs when an object moves toward or away from an observer.

What is the Doppler Effect?

500

Our current North stars name

What is Polaris?

500

When can we see the Chromosphere?

What is during a solar eclipse?