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The Sun

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Sun's__________---energy created in the core moves outward through the radiation zone and the convection zone and into the Sun's atmosphere layers
__________ is the lowest layer gives off light and about 6,000 K photosphere
___________ is the next layer about 2000 km above the photosphere chromosphere
Extending millions of km into space, the 2 million K _________ releases charged particles as solar wind corona
__________--dark areas cooler than their surroundings sunspots
Increase and decrease in a 10 to 11 year pattern called ___________ cycle solar active
Sunspots are related to _____________ intense magnetic field
Magnetic fields may cause ____________-huge, arching gas columns prominences
Violet eruptions near a sunspot are called ________ solar flares
Bright ____________(CMEs) appear as a halo around the Sun when emitted in the Earth's direction coronal mass ejection
Highly charged ______________ can disrupt radio signals solar wind particles
Near Earth's polar areas solar wind material can create light called an __________. auroras
How is the energy of the Sun produced? The energy of the sun is produced by when helium and hydrogen fuse together
The two types of ________. galaxies are barred and normal spiral
A __________ is a group of galaxies cluster
______________ galaxies have many different shapes and are usually smaller and less common than other types of galaxies irregular
An elliptical galaxy about 2.9 million light-years away is in the constellation of _____________. Andromeda
Galaxies shaped like footballs are ________ galaxies elliptical
Two irregular galaxies called the _____________________ orbit the Milky Way Clouds of Magellan
A _______________ is a large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity galaxy
The ____________________ is an explanation for the formation of the universe Big Bang Theory
The _________________ causes changes in the light coming from distant stars and galaxies Doppler Shift
Created by: Kyle Lafayette
 

 



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