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Solar Quiz: How Well Do You Know Our Sun?

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Many of us take the sun for granted, giving it little thought until it scorches our skin or gets in our eyes. But our star is a fascinating and complex object, a gigantic fusion reactor that gives us life. How much do you know about the sun?

  • Question of

    The sun is big. How many Earths could fit inside of it?

    • 10 Million
    • 100 Million
    • 1 Million
  • Question of

    About how old is the sun?

    • 4.5 Bilion Years Ago
    • 13.7 Billion Years Ago
    • 1,000 Years Ago (they aren’t called the Dark Ages for nothing)
  • Question of

    Whose seminal 1543 book laid out a heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the solar system?

    • Galileo Galilei
    • Issac Newton
    • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Question of

    Sunspots are cooler than “normal” areas on the surface of the sun.

    • True
    • False
  • Question of

    About how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?

    • 8 Seconds
    • 8 Minutes
    • No time. It gets here Instantly.
  • Question of

    What will happen to the sun in about 5 billion years?

    • It will blink out like a Candle.
    • It will become a Red Giant.
    • It will explode like a Supernova.
  • Question of

    What fusion reaction is occurring in the sun’s core?

    • Hydrogen into Helium
    • Matter into Antimatter
    • Helium into Beryllium
  • Question of

    How hot is the sun’s core, in degrees Fahrenheit?

    • 27 Million Degrees
    • 17 Million Degrees
    • 7 Million Degrees
  • Question of

    The most powerful solar storm in recorded history occurred in 1859. What is it called?

    • The Carrington Event
    • The Pullman Eruption
    • The Great Sideburn Scortcher
  • Question of

    The sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona, is hotter than its surface.

    • True
    • False

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