The Sun

Question 1

What does the sun consist of?

Answer 1

A ball of burning gases that give off light and heat

Question 2

Where does this sun’s energy come from?

Answer 2

Powerfull nuclear reactions call nuclear fusions

Question 3

What happens during nuclear reactions?

Answer 3

Hydrogen gas is converted to helium gas

Question 4

What are sunspots?

Answer 4

Large dark spots on the surface of the sun and are caused by complicated interaction with magnetic field of the sun

Question 5

What are sunspots called?

Answer 5

Cool spots

Question 6

What is the sun’s core, surface and sunspots tempratures?

Answer 6

Core = 15,8 Million K
Sunspots = 3800 K
Surface= 5800 K

Question 7

What resolves around the sun?

Answer 7

• Eight planets
• Dwarf planets
• Moons
• Asteroids
• Meteorites
• comets

Question 8

When is it a planet?

Answer 8

• 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

Question 9

What are the 8 planets?

Answer 9

(My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Noodles)

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune