Glencoe Earth Science

Chapter 25: Stars and Galaxies

Section 2 Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
__________ is the process that creates energy in the sun.
A)Fission
B)Parallax
C)Blue shift
D)Fusion
2.
Particles that escape from the sun's __________ move through space as solar wind.
A)photosphere
B)chromosphere
C)corona
D)surface
3.
Energy produced by the sun reaches the Earth through _________.
A)convection
B)convection and radiation
C)radiation
D)conduction
4.
Prominence, or huge arching columns of gas, are thought to be caused by__________.
A)the Sun's rotation
B)the rotation of the galaxy
C)the magnetic field associated with sunspots
D)Earth's magnetic field
5.
What does CME stand for?
A)Central Mass Ejections
B)Coronal Materials Ejections
C)Coronal Mass Ejections
D)Coronal Mass Emissions
6.
An aurora, like the aurora borealis is caused by
A)CME's
B)solar flares
C)particles from solar flares
D)solarwind
7.
A binary system is composed of ___________ stars.
A)three
B)four
C)five
D)two
8.
When stars are located closer to one another, their attraction to one another increases due to __________.
A)their weight
B)gravity
C)their temperature
D)their age
9.
Fusion occurs when __________ and __________ combine to make energy.
A)hydrogen, oxygen
B)carbon, helium
C)hydrogen, helium
D)carbon, oxygen
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