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VOCABULARY
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Term | Definition |
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Corona- | the rarefied gaseous envelope of the sun and other stars. The sun's corona is normally visible only during a total solar eclipse when it is seen as an irregularly shaped pearly glow surrounding the darkened disk of the moon. |
Chromosphere- | a reddish gaseous layer immediately above the photo-sphere of the sun or another star. Together with the corona, it constitutes the star's outer atmosphere. |
photo-sphere- | the luminous envelope of a star from which its light and heat radiate. |
convective Zone- | A region of turbulent plasma between a star's core and its visible photosphere at the surface, through which energy is transferred by convection. In the convection zone, hot plasma rises, cools as it nears the surface, and falls to be heated and rise agai |
radioactive zone- | The radiation zone or radiative zone is a layer of a star's interior where energy is primarily transported toward the exterior by means of radiative diffusion, rather than by convection. [ 1] Energy travels through the radiation zone in the form of electr |
core- | the central or most important part of something. |