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astronomy part 2
earth science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| photosphere | the inner layer of the sun's atmosphere. |
| chromosphere | the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere. |
| corana | the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere . |
| solar wind | an stream of electrical charged particles . |
| sunspot | dark,cooler regions of the sun. |
| prominence | a loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface,linking from sun spot region. |
| solar flare | an explosion of hydrogen gas from sun's surface that occurs when loops in sunspot region suddently connect. |
| nuclear fusion | the splitting of an atom's nucleus into smaller nuclei. |
| constellation | the area of stars in the an galixe . |