The Sun

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Astronomical unit

93 million miles can be referred to as a(n) _______________.

Coronal mass ejection

Another word for CME

Core

Center/innermost layer where thermonuclear reactions happen

Corona

Contains solar flares

Sun spots

Cooler spots on the photosphere

Umbra

Darker part of a sunspot

Outward, electromagnetic

Energy in the Radiative zone travels ________ slowly through _____________ waves.

Radiative

Energy in the __________ zone travels outward slowly through electromagnetic waves.

Photosphere

Has granules

Corona

Has prominences

Corona

Has solar wind

Chromosphere

Has spicules at the top

Photosphere

Has sunspots

93 million miles

How far is one astronomical unit?

27,000,000

How many degrees Fahrenheit is the sun's core?

Two

How many layers of atmosphere does the sun have?

Three

How many layers of interior does the sun have?

One

How many layers of surface does the sun have?

93 million miles

How many miles is the sun from the earth?

They occur because of magnetic field contractions

How to sunspots occur?

Chromosphere

Innermost/lowest layer of the atmosphere

Penumbra

Lighter part of a sunspot

Gamma, x rays, ultraviolet, visible light (colors), infrared, microwave, short wave radio, long wave radio

List the EMS waves from least to greatest.

Radiative zone

Middle region of the interior

Plasma

Moves in circular patterns because of convection in the connective zone

Corona

Outermost layer of the atmosphere

Convective zone

Outermost region of the sun's interior

Circular, convective

Plasma moves in _________ patterns because of convection in the _________ zone

Spicules

Points or jets of plasma in the chromosphere

Granules

Seething (boiling) mounds or lumps of hot plasma that rise and fall on photosphere

Prominences

Streams of plasma that extend into corona and loop back down onto surface

Solar flare

Sudden violent storm on surface of the sun

11 years

Sunspots occur in cycles of maximum numbers every ______________.

Plasma

Superheated, ionized state of matter

Solar wind

The extension of the corona that contains mainly protons and electrons and extends far beyond our solar system

8,700 to 10,000

The photosphere is _________________ degrees Fahrenheit.

Photosphere

Visible surface of the sun

Core, Radiative zone, Convective zone

What are the three interior layers of the sun?

Chromosphere and corona

What are the two layers of the atmosphere?

Umbra and penumbra

What are the two parts of a sun spot?

Nuclear fusion of hydrogens to form helium

What are thermonuclear reactions?

Change channel on TV, infrared lamps

What are two things that you do/have that involves infrared waves?

Send a text, use in microwave ovens

What are two things that you do/have that involves microwaves?

Tune a radio, use as a radio telescope to study space

What are two things that you do/have that involves radio waves?

Protons and electrons

What does solar wind mainly consist of?

Plasma

What does the sun consist of?

Result of a solar flare

What is a CME?

We take x rays

What is one thing that we use that involves x rays? (Hint is in the name)

Hydrogen

What is the most abundant element in the sun?

98%

What percentage is the sun composed of Hydrogen and helium?

Hydrogen and helium

What two elements is the sun most abundant of?

Visible light

Which part of the EMA waves can we see with our eyes?

Because of the sun's magnetic field

Why does the corona's temperature greatly increase outward from the photosphere?

2%

____ of the sun is composed of minerals other than hydrogen and helium.


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