Astronomy
Sun Book Questions
Assignment/Directions: Read The Sun P 613-620. Read all the literature, not just the part that gives the answer.
Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper. Either write the questions or write your answer so that the
important part of the question is in the answer. Also Study!
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How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy?
Why is the Sun considered an average star?
What makes the Sun special to us?
How many Earths (Earthdiam = 7920 miles) could “fit” inside the Sun (Sundiam = 870,000 miles)?
Compare the size of the Sun and Jupiter. How many Jupiters (Jupiterdiam = 88846 miles) could fit inside the Sun?
Compare volumes, show work.
Which layer of the Sun is visible? What are granules? (figure 22.19 will help)
Which elemental atoms make up the Sun’s surface? Include percentages.
Diagram the Sun’s interior and atmospheric layers. Label all parts
What does “photo” mean?
What does “chromo” mean?
What does “corona” mean?
Look at figure 22.22 B. Diagram a Sunspot. Label its two parts.
What are auroras? How do they form?
Explain the proton-proton chain.
How old is the Sun? How much longer will it exist?
What other object in our solar system was “almost” a Sun?
Astronomy
Sun Book Questions
Assignment/Directions: Read The Sun P 613-620. Read all the literature, not just the part that gives the answer.
Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper. Either write the questions or write your answer so that the
important part of the question is in the answer. Also Study!
1. How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy?
2. Why is the Sun considered an average star?
3. What makes the Sun special to us?
4. How many Earths (Earthdiam = 7920 miles) could “fit” inside the Sun (Sundiam = 870,000 miles)?
5. Compare the size of the Sun and Jupiter. How many Jupiters (Jupiterdiam = 88846 miles) could fit inside the Sun?
Compare volumes, show work.
6. Which layer of the Sun is visible? What are granules? (figure 22.19 will help)
7. Which elemental atoms make up the Sun’s surface? Include percentages.
8. Diagram the Sun’s interior and atmospheric layers. Label all parts
9. What does “photo” mean?
10. What does “chromo” mean?
11. What does “corona” mean?
12. Look at figure 22.22 B. Diagram a Sunspot. Label its two parts.
13. What are auroras? How do they form?
14. Explain the proton-proton chain.
15. How old is the Sun? How much longer will it exist?
16. What other object in our solar system was “almost” a Sun?