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science vocab
vocabulary words for science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nuclear fusion | hydrogen atoms join to from helium |
| core | central part |
| radiation zone | region of very tightly packed gas where energy moves mainly from electromagnetic radiation |
| convection zone | the outermost layer of the suns interior |
| photo sphere | the inner layer of the suns atmosphere |
| chromosome | the start and end of a total eclipse reddish glow from the middle of the suns atmosphere |
| corona | white halo around the sun |
| solar wind | ex stands into space for millions of kilometers then gradually thins into thins of streams of electrically charged partials |
| sun spots | areas of gas on the sun surface that is cooler then gases around them |
| prominence | huge loops of gas |
| solar fares | eruptions |