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Chapter 29 vocab
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The process by which nuclei of small atoms combine to form a new, more massive nucleus; the process releases energy. | Nuclear Fusions |
The visible surface of the sun. | Photosphere |
The thin layer of the sun that is just above the photosphere and that glows a reddish color during eclipses. | Chromosphere |
The outermost layer of the sun’s atmosphere. | Corona |
A dark area of the photosphere of the sun that is cooler than the surrounding areas and that has a strong magnetic field. | Sunspot |
An explosive release of energy that comes from the sun and that is associated with magnetic disturbances on the sun’s surface. | Solar Flare |
Coronal gas that is thrown into space from the sun. | Coronal mass ejection |
Colored light produced by charged particles from the solar wind and from the magnetosphere that react with and excite the oxygen and nitrogen of Earth’s upper atmosphere. | Auroa |