Every Second, the Sun Converts About 600 Million Tons of Hydrogen

question 27

Multiple Choice

Every second, the Sun converts about 600 million tons of hydrogen into 596 million tons of helium. The remaining 4 million tons of mass is .

• A)reabsorbed as molecular hydrogen
• B)ejected into space by solar flares
• C)converted to an amount of energy equal to 4 million tons times the speed of light squared
• D)ejected into space in a solar wind

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