Solar Activity Impacts Answer Key

This cause-and-effect worksheet focuses on how different types of solar activity influence Earth and human technology. Students complete short charts for four events: solar flares affecting satellites, solar wind impacting communication, coronal mass ejections disturbing power systems, and variations in solar energy changing weather on Earth. For each chart, a cause is given and learners must write a reasonable effect, showing that they understand how energy and particles from the Sun create real consequences. The activity encourages logical reasoning and scientific prediction. A reflection question then asks students to write several sentences about why it is important for scientists to monitor solar activity and predict its effects on Earth. This provides practice with scientific explanation and supports understanding of space weather monitoring.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Science – Space Weather and its Effects on Technology and Earth Systems

Science – Analyzing Cause-and-Effect Relationships in Earth and Space Science

English Language Arts – Completing Structured Cause-and-Effect Charts

English Language Arts – Explanatory Writing on Scientific Monitoring

This worksheet is part of our The Sun collection.