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