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| True or False: The Sun produces the energy equivelent of 90,000,000 megaton atom bomb PER SECOND. |
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Is the sun slowing down, or speeding up?
Is it heating up, or cooling down? |
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| The sun is actually slowing down and getting hotter at the same time. |
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| Is man the reason for global warming? |
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| TRICK QUESTION! The sun is responsible for a presumed 20% but the remaining portion is up for question. |
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| Do we use light or sound to study the Sun's interior? |
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| Sound. Light waves cannot actually pierce the opaqueness of the sun. |
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| About how much of the initial hydrogen has the sun consumed via fusion? |
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| About half. The sun is roughly halway through its lifespan. |
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| True or False: The Earth recieves 2.9 billion Kilowatt/hours of power from the sun each day. |
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| FALSE: The Earth recieves 2.9 Billion TERRA Watt/Hours of power. 1 Terra watt equals 1,000,000 KW. |
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| True or false: Carbon Dioxide retains heat energy better than water vapor. |
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| False. Water vapor actually has much higher heat retention than CO2. |
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| Is the sun brighter now, or when it was only 2 billion years old? |
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| Now. The sun is gradually growing brighter, bigger, and hotter. |
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