Quiz 7

A  radiation, convection, core

B  convection, radiation, core

C  core, radiation, convection

D  convection, core, radiation

E  radiation, core, convection

F  core, convection, radiation

A  dark, warmer

B  bright, cooler

C  bright, warmer

D  dark, cooler

A  2024

B  2023

C  2043

D  2034

A  coronal holes

B  convection currents

C  solar flares

D  gravitational tides

E  magnetic fields

A  extremely hot and extremely thin

B  extremely cool and extremely dense

C  extremely cool and extremely thin

D  extremely hot and extremely dense

A  prominences

B  granulations

C  black holes

D  sunspots

E  filaments

A  hydrogen into carbon

B  hydrogen into helium

C  helium into hydrogen

D  carbon into oxygen

E  helium into carbon

A  flamelike protrusions seen near the limb of the Sun and extending into the solar corona.

B  light radiated by atoms and ions in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, mostly in the polar regions.

C  a process in which a high-energy ultraviolet photons are absorbed and the absorbed energy is radiated as lower-energy photons of visible light.

D  an event in which billions of tons of gas from the Sun is suddenly blasted into space at high speeds.

E  the distortion of an image formed by a telescope due to differing focal lengths of the optical system.

A  The region of very hot very thin gases above the Sun’s surface only visible during a solar eclipse.

B  The disk of the Sun that we see.

C  The interior of the Sun where the energy of the Sun is produced.

D  Particles which stream from the Sun and extend into space.

E  The interior region of the Sun in which energy is transferred outward primarily by radiation.