Sun & Big Bang Study Guide
1.
Name _______________________
What 2 elements make up the sun?
2. Which element makes up most of it?
3.
What stage of life is the sun in at this time?
4.
What type of fusion takes place to allow the sun to give off energy?
5.
Draw and label a diagram showing the 6 layers of the sun.
The answer to the #6-11 is one of the 6 layers of the sun.
6.
In this layer, gases move like boiling water.
7. This is the part of the sun we can see with the unaided eye.
8. This is the center layer of the sun.
9. This layer of the sun appears red, and is only visible during a solar eclipse.
10. This is the outermost layer of the sun that extends out several million kilometers.
11. This is the sun layer that heat moves to immediately from the core.
12. Dark spots on the surface of the photosphere are called ___________________.
13. The sun goes through a cycle of the appearance of sun spots every _______ year.
14. Sunspots occur in _____________.
15. What are solar flares?
16. What is aurora borealis? What causes it?
17. Describe the big bang.
18. What is a quasar?