Somerville House Middle School Science On-line: Year Seven
B: The Solar System
Extension Activity 4. Sun Facts
Use your textbook, any useful internet sites you found during your Web Quest and your brain to complete this Flash Quiz
[Flash quiz (to be designed.) and use a pop-up window for the quiz] remove brain, replace with pencil at top of page?
The sun's mass is
10% of that of the solar system
100% of that of that of the solar system
about 50%
approximately 99.8%
The sun's diameter is
1.4 million kilometres
200 tims that of Earth
1.4 kilometres
10 times that of Earth
The sun contains
only hydrogen
75% Hydrogen, about 25% helium, and traces of other materials like carbon and iron
only helium
only carbon
The temperature on the surface of the sun is
6000 degrees C
500 degrees C
10,000degrees C
15,000,000 degrees C
The temperature at the centre of the sun is
6000 degrees C
500 degrees C
10,000degrees C
15,000,000 degrees C
have a look on the science quest book to see what there is about the sun and the earth