Take this free sun quiz and test how much you really know about our home star, its layers, its intense heat, and its important place in the Solar System.
What color does the Sun's light look like from space, without Earth's atmosphere? Choices: Yellow, Orange, White, Red
What shape is the Sun? Choices: Flattened disc, Sphere, Egg shape, Ring
What type of star is the Sun? Choices: Red giant, White dwarf, Yellow dwarf, Neutron star
About how many minutes does it take sunlight to reach Earth? Choices: Two, Eight, Twenty, Sixty
The Sun is made mostly of hydrogen, plus one other gas. What is it? Choices: Nitrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Carbon
What are the dark, cooler patches on the Sun's surface called? Choices: Solar flares, Sunspots, Prominences, Coronal holes
What are the huge bursts of gas that shoot off the Sun's surface called? Choices: Sunspots, Solar prominences, Meteor showers, Lunar tides
What sudden, powerful burst of energy on the Sun's surface can disrupt satellites and radio signals here on Earth? Choices: Eclipse, Sunspot, Flare, Aurora
Which layer of the Sun do we see as its visible surface? Choices: Corona, Core, Photosphere, Chromosphere
What is the very hot outer layer of the Sun called, seen during eclipses? Choices: Photosphere, Core, Mantle, Corona
How hot is the surface of the Sun? Choices: 500°C, 1,500°C, 5,500°C, 15,000°C
How hot is the Sun's core? Choices: 100,000°C, 1 million°C, 5,500°C, 15 million°C
How old is the Sun? Choices: 1.5 billion years, 4.6 billion years, 10 billion years, 13.8 billion years
Which galaxy is the Sun part of? Choices: Andromeda, Milky Way, Triangulum, Whirlpool Galaxy
How many years does the Sun take to complete one orbit around the center of its galaxy? Choices: 1 million years, 25 million years, 230 million years, 4.6 billion years