Sample Questions (V.

1)

1. What is the primary fuel for nuclear c) Main Sequence

fusion in the Sun's core? d) Red Giant

a) Helium 7. What is the primary reason for Venus'

b) Carbon extreme atmospheric pressure?
c) Oxygen
d) Hydrogen a) Nitrogen content
b) Carbon dioxide content
2. Approximately how much of the Sun's c) Oxygen content
mass is composed of hydrogen? d) Sulfuric acid content

a) 24% 8. How many officially recognized dwarf

b) 74% planets are there in our solar system?
c) 2%
d) 99.8% a) 10
b) 5
3. Which layer of the Sun is the hottest? c) 8
d) 3
a) Chromosphere
b) Photosphere 9. What is the primary composition of
c) Core Saturn's rings?
d) Corona
a) Ice
4. What causes sunspots on the Sun's b) Rock
surface? c) Dust
d) Hydrogen
a) Intense radiation
b) Solar flares 10. Which planet in our solar system
c) Magnetic activity rotates in a clockwise direction?
d) Convection currents
a) Earth
5. What is the outermost layer of the b) Mars
Sun's atmosphere? c) Venus
d) Jupiter
a) Photosphere
b) Chromosphere 11. Which spacecraft is currently orbiting
c) Core Jupiter?
d) Corona
a) Cassini
6. During which phase of its life cycle b) Juno
will the Sun become a red giant? c) New Horizons
d) Voyager
a) Planetary Nebula
b) Helium Burning
 Sample Questions (V.2)

1. What is the primary fuel for nuclear 5. What is the outermost layer of the
fusion in the Sun's core? Sun's atmosphere?

a) Helium a) Photosphere
b) Carbon b) Chromosphere
c) Oxygen c) Core
d) Hydrogen d) Corona

2. Approximately how much of the Sun's 6. During which phase of its life cycle
mass is composed of hydrogen? will the Sun become a red giant?

a) 24% a) Planetary Nebula

b) 74% b) Helium Burning
c) 2% c) Main Sequence
d) 99.8% d) Red Giant

3. Which layer of the Sun is the hottest? 7. What is the primary reason for Venus'
extreme atmospheric pressure?
a) Chromosphere
b) Photosphere a) Nitrogen content
c) Core b) Carbon dioxide content
d) Corona c) Oxygen content
d) Sulfuric acid content
4. What causes sunspots on the Sun's
surface? 8. How many officially recognized dwarf
planets are there in our solar system?
a) Intense radiation
b) Solar flares a) 10
c) Magnetic activity b) 5
d) Convection currents c) 8
d) 3

Answer Key

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

D B C C D D B B