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Here is another quiz on the Sun, sunspots, flares, etc.

A multiple-choice quiz by almach. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
almach

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
50,600

Updated
Oct 08 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4495

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. A prominence flows along the magnetic lines of the Sun?

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. How long has the Sun been in existence? Hint

4.5 million years

10 billion years

4.5 trillion years

4.5 billion years

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Question 3 of 10

3. A plage, like a sunspot, is a cooler darker region on the Sun.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Our Sun is located where in the galaxy? Hint

30,000 light years from the center

At the very outer edge of the galaxy

In the center of the galaxy

Not in any galaxy

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the Sun's absolute (not apparent) magnitude? Hint

-26.5

6.5

4.8

-13

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Question 6 of 10

6. Some solar flares are also known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Auroras are more likely to occur where? Hint

Earth's equator

Earth's magnetic poles

Earth's interior

Earth's oceans

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Question 8 of 10

8. What causes auroras? Hint

Jet trails in the sky

High clouds

Rainbows

Impact of atomic particles from the Sun

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Question 9 of 10

9. How high up do aurora usually occur? Hint

On the ground

5 - 10 miles high

60 miles or higher

20 - 40 miles high

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Sun converts 700 million tons of mass each second.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A prominence flows along the magnetic lines of the Sun?

Answer: True

A prominence is a bright cloud of gas projecting from the Sun's chromosphere into the corona. They can be thousands of miles long, and they can last for months.

2. How long has the Sun been in existence?

Answer: 4.5 billion years

The study of chondrules shows our solar system to be about 4.5 billion years old.

3. A plage, like a sunspot, is a cooler darker region on the Sun.

Answer: False

A plage is a bright region that forms in the lower chromosphere and is associated with sunspots.

4. Our Sun is located where in the galaxy?

Answer: 30,000 light years from the center

5. What is the Sun's absolute (not apparent) magnitude?

Answer: 4.8

The Sun's magnitude at a distance of 32.6 light years (ten parsecs) is a plus 4.8. On Earth a sixth magnitude star is about the faintest most people can see with the unaided (no binos or telescope) eye. The Sun's apparent magnitude (from the Earth) is -26.5.

6. Some solar flares are also known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).

Answer: False

CMEs may be caused by solar flares but they are not the same thing. A CME is an ejection of mass into space while a solar flare is an explosion caused by magnetic reconnection in the sun 's magnetic field.

7. Auroras are more likely to occur where?

Answer: Earth's magnetic poles

Although auroras have been seen at least as south as Texas, they usually occur near the poles.

8. What causes auroras?

Answer: Impact of atomic particles from the Sun

Auroras are caused by the impact of atomic particles from the Sun that are trapped in the Earth's magnetic field.

9. How high up do aurora usually occur?

Answer: 60 miles or higher

Aurora are more frequent during solar maximum, an eleven year cycle of the Sun that is not well understood.

10. The Sun converts 700 million tons of mass each second.

Answer: True

At that rate, it will still take about a trillion years to use only 7 percent of the Sun's mass.

Source: Author almach

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