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Age of Sun and Earth
Contributed by: Bryan
  • 1. What process powers the Sun's energy output?
A) Nuclear fusion
B) Chemical reactions
C) Nuclear fission
D) Photosynthesis
  • 2. What evidence supports the current understanding of the age of the Earth and the Sun?
A) Analysis of cloud patterns
B) Oral traditions passed down through generations
C) Palm reading
D) Radiometric dating of rocks and meteorites
  • 3. When did the solar system, including Earth and the Sun, form?
A) 10,000 years ago
B) 500 million years ago
C) About 4.6 billion years ago
D) 1 billion years ago
  • 4. Which layer of the Sun is responsible for its visible light and heat?
A) Photosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Stratosphere
D) Exosphere
  • 5. What is the innermost layer of the Earth called?
A) Crust
B) Outer core
C) Inner core
D) Mantle
  • 6. What is the name of the theory that explains the origin of the solar system from a rotating cloud of gas and dust?
A) Ptolemaic model
B) Big Bang theory
C) Steady State theory
D) Nebular hypothesis
  • 7. What is the primary source of the Earth's internal heat?
A) Radioactive decay
B) Volcanic activity
C) Tidal forces
D) Solar radiation
  • 8. What element is the Sun mostly composed of?
A) Helium
B) Carbon
C) Hydrogen
D) Oxygen
  • 9. Which layer of the Earth is divided into the lithosphere and asthenosphere?
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Outer core
D) Inner core
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