Chapter 3 Section B-1,2 (1-7), (1-6)

What is the name given to the visible surface of the sun?

Photosphere

Superheated matter that is neither solid, liquid, nor gas is called by what name?

Plasma

List three regions of the sun's interior.

The core, radioactive and convective zone

List two types of promineces.

quiescent or eruptive

List the two things on the earth that are most likely to be affected by sunspot activity.

Weather and the atmosphere

What are the two parts of the sun's atmosphere?

chromosphere and corona

What are the areas of the sun's surface that appear to the bubbles?

granules

Small dark areas on the surface of the sun with much cooler temperatures than the surrounding areas are called by what name?

sunspots

List the two regions of a sunspot.

umbra and penumbra

About how much of the sun's mass is lost through radiation and the solar wind each second?

6 million

Does any evolutionary theory adequately explain the origin of stars?

No

What is the name given to streams of materials that rise into the corona and then fall gradually back?

Prominece

What is the name given to severe storms on the sun?

Solar Flares