The Sun Flashcards
1
Q
What does the sun consist of?
A
A ball of burning gases that give off light and heat
2
Q
Where does this sun’s energy come from?
A
Powerfull nuclear reactions call nuclear fusions
3
Q
What happens during nuclear reactions?
A
Hydrogen gas is converted to helium gas
4
Q
What are sunspots?
A
Large dark spots on the surface of the sun and are caused by complicated interaction with magnetic field of the sun
5
Q
What are sunspots called?
A
Cool spots
6
Q
What is the sun’s core, surface and sunspots tempratures?
A
Core = 15,8 Million K Sunspots = 3800 K Surface= 5800 K
7
Q
What resolves around the sun?
A
- Eight planets
- Dwarf planets
- Moons
- Asteroids
- Meteorites
- comets
8
Q
When is it a planet?
A
- Must resolve around the sun
- Must possess enough mass so that the gravity pulls it into a round shape
- Must be able to keep its orbit clear
- The planet must be able to attract other objects to its orbit to become part of it, or knock it out of orbit
9
Q
What are the 8 planets?
A
(My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Noodles)
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
