BJU 6th Science - Chapter 11
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| photosphere | the surface of the Sun
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| chromosphere | the atmosphere of the Sun; located above the Sun’s surface
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| corona | the outermost part of the Sun; located above the Sun’s chromosphere
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| sunspot | dark spot on the surface of the Sun; seems to be related to magnetic storms
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| facula | a bright cloud of gas on the Sun’s surface; usually accompanies sunspots (plural-faculae)
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| solar flare | a temporary flash created by solar storms that explode from the Sun’s surface
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| solar prominence | a huge stream of gas that extends out past the Sun’s atmosphere into the Sun’s corona; it glows for days or weeks
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| solar wind | electrically charged particles from the Sun, carried from the Sun to Earth’s atmosphere
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| aurora | the light show near Earth’s Poles that is caused by the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field
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| revolution | each complete orbit a planet makes around the Sun
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| axis | an imaginary line from the north pole to the south pole through the center of the planet around which a planet rotates
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| rotation | the turn of a planet around its axis
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| terrestrial planet | a rocky, dense planet
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| satellite | any object that rotates around another body in space
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| solar eclipse | an eclipse in which the Moon passes between the sun and Earth
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| totality | the event that occurs when a celestial body completely eclipses another celestial body
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| lunar eclipse | an eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow
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| probe | an unmanned space craft that is controlled from Earth
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| International Space Station | a facility that orbits Earth and is maintained and used by astronauts from sixteen different countries (the ISS)
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| dehydrated | the water has been removed (as in food for astronauts)
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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