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Sunspots Quiz

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Example Quiz 1

 

  • 1. Sun spots appear in the,
    Photosphere
    Chromospere
    Solar corona

  • 2. Who was the first astronomer to observe sunspots?
    Tycho Brahe
    Galileo Galilei
    Thomas Harriot 

  • 3. The average size of a sunspot is about,
    Half the diameter of the moon
    Twice the diameter of the earth
    The diameter of mars

  • 4. What is the average temperature of a sunspot?
    1500 K
    2700 K
    4200 K

  • 5. Magnetic fields in a sunspot is,
    Is the same as the rest of the sun
    Weaker than the rest of the sun
    Stronger than the rest the sun

  • 6. Which astronomer discovered that sunspots varies in a cycles of 11 years?
    George Ellery Hale
    Galileo Galilei
    Heinrich Schwabe

  • 7. Early in a solar cycle, sunspots appear,
    Closer to the solar equator
    Closer to the solar poles
    Around middle latitudes


  • 8. Which one of these statements is TRUE about sunspots?
    Sunspots appear in pairs
    Sunspots appear in clusters
    Sunspots appear as solitary spots


  • 9. Maunder butterfly diagram shows,
    Sunspot number plotted against time
    Sunspot size plotted plotted against time
    Sunspot latitude plotted against time


  • 10. Which model explains the reversal of sun's magnetic field from one solar cycle to another?
    Zeeman model
    Babcock model
    Heinrich model


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