Sun Quiz Prep
Game PIN:
06192025
Astronomy Quiz - Sun
 
 1st Hour
  
2nd Hour
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Granulation
Sunspots
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Prominence
Solar Flare
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Sun Project

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Classroom Work Dates:
   o December 3rd - Sun Project Gallery Walk
   o December 6th - Planetary Project Review
   o December 12th - Individual Work Day (Sun Project)
   o December 13th - Individual Work Day (Planetary Project)



Each student must complete research on one of the Sun's major features (Solar Flare, Solar Wind, Prominence, Sunspots, Solar Structure (or you may pick a topic related to the Sun that you find interesting - I must approve these topics).
  o Investigate these topics on the internet sites:  NASA, ESA, SOHO, etc.
  o Complete a bibliography recording which websites you take information from.
  o Construct an information guide to the topic that you chose.
    -  You must include pictures (or graphs), data and information.
    -  The Sun Project can be drawn/constructed on anything 
        you like (bigger than 8.5 x 14).
    -  Be Creative (it's worth more).

DUE Friday :  December 21, 2018

200 points (PROJECT GRADE)


Below is a rubric which shows how your Sun Project will be graded:
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Sun Unit Pre-Test Review
These are the top 10 most challenging questions on the test (according to the initial student test scores)
  1. ​Charged particles captured by Earth’s magnetic field are pushed away from the Sun by the __________.
  2. What is the magnetosphere?
  3. The Sun, through the process of fusion converts 2 helium atoms into a hydrogen atom. (True or False)
  4. Energy is carried to the surface of the Sun through a process called _______.
  5. The Sun's outer visible layer is called the _______.
  6. The ___ is the outermost layer of the Sun, which is usually only seen during eclipses.
  7. The Earth orbits, on average, ____ miles from the Sun.
  8. Sketch an example of Hydrostatic Equilibrium.
  9. From the "Sun Video", what was the first significant solar observatory in space?
  10. When a solar prominence eventually forms loops and becomes tangled the ____________ _______________ of the Sun are responsible.

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