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Eclipses and the Sun Pin Pre-Test |
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Holy Spirit School, Huntsville, AL
June 2001
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Match up the term with its definition. Write the letter of the definition on the line.
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Corona
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A magnetic region on the Sun's surface which appears as a dark area.
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Sunspots
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A violent explosion of energy which shows up as a sudden increase in
brightness in the Sun's chromosphere and corona.
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Solar flare
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The very hot outermost layer of a star's atmosphere.
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Solar eclipse
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A shadow which falls on an area of Earth when the Moon moves between
the Sun and Earth.
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Solar prominence
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Protects Earth from constant bombardment by high-energy charged
particles.
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Magnetic field
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Loops of gas, obvious at the edges of the solar disk, which may shoot
outward from the Sun's surface.
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Answer the following questions.
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What type of eclipse are you planning to observe? What causes it?
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What do you think the eclipse will look like? Write or draw your
predictions on the back of this sheet.
- If you could ask a solar scientist any question about the Sun or eclipses, what would it be?
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