1. The force that holds planets, and stars in their orbits is called:
   1. revolution
   2. rotation
   3. parallax
   4. gravitation

2. The Earth's movement around the Sun is called its:
   1. revolution
   2. rotation
   3. gravity
   4. ecliptic

3. The path that the Sun appears to follow among the stars is called the:
   1. ecliptic
   2. equinox
   3. equator
   4. revolution

4. The astronomer Copernicus said the ____ are the governor(s) of the earth:
   1. Sun
   2. moon
   3. stars
   4. planets

5. The Sun has a extremely large atmosphere that is divided into ____ parts:
   1. 2
   2. 4
   3. 6
   4. 8

6. The fastest thing that we know of in the universe is:
   1. sound
   2. electricity
   3. light
   4. energy

7. The Sun is 93____ miles from the earth:
   1. hundred
   2. thousand
   3. million
   4. billion

8. This instrument is used to view the atmosphere of the Sun:
   1. spectrograph
   2. photosphere
   3. coronagraph
   4. photograph

9. The Sun's diameter is ____ miles:
   1. 115,000
   2. 225,000
   3. 445,000
   4. 865,000

10. The chromosphere extends outward from the Sun about ____ miles:
    1. 100
    2. 1,000
    3. 10,000
    4. 100-,000

11. The Sun weighs less than the Earth because the Sun is made of:
    1. gases
    2. carbons
    3. protons
    4. lava

12. Flames shooting outward from the Sun are called:
    1. solar flares
    2. comets
    3. solar wind
    4. sunspots

13. The Sun is a:
    1. constellation
    2. white dwarf star
    3. super nova
    4. yellow dwarf star

14. Dark areas on the Sun are called:
    1. eclipses
    2. sunspots
    3. flares
    4. penumbra

15. The layer of the Sun that you see when you look at the Sun is the:
    1. chromosphere
    2. atmosphere
    3. photosphere
    4. radiation zone

16. Northern lights are caused by the what feature of the Sun:
    1. flares
    2. spots
    3. core
    4. prominences

17. The layer of the Sun in the center is called the:
    1. core
    2. chromosphere
    3. radiation zone
    4. convection zone

18. The largest layer of the Sun is the:
    1. core
    2. chromosphere
    3. radiation zone
    4. corona

19. The ____ send heat and light to the Sun's surface which then comes to Earth:
    1. chromosphere
    2. convection zone
    3. radiation zone
    4. photosphere

20. What are the aurora called in the southern hemisphere:
    1. southern cross
    2. aurora borealis
    3. aurora australis
    4. the bear

          
          

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