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1. The Sun is:
rotating & spinning on axis spinning on axis stationary

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2. The Sun is located:
on Milky Way's spiral arm in center of Milky Way in Hercules galaxy

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3. How many Earth's would fit across the diameter of the Sun:
109 1,090 10,900

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4. The Sun is classified as a ____ star:
red giant white dwarf yellow dwarf

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5. The surface of the Sun is:
gas plasma lava

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6. The visible surface of the Sun is called the:
photosphere ionosphere chromosphere

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7. "Pock marks" visible on the Sun's surface are called:
solar flares magnetized plasma sunspots

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8. The core of the Sun has a pressure:
10,000,000 x Earth's 100,000,000,000 x Earth's 10,000,000,000 x Earth's

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©Copyright 1998 Elizabeth Beckett, Holly Bernitt, and Vishwa Chandra.