vocabulary associated with the sun lesson
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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| Sunspots | cooler portions of the sun, look like black spots.
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| Prominences | Superheated jets of gas and plasma will sometimes shoot out into space.
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| Core | the center of the Sun. Also causes nuclear fusion.
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| Radiative layer | Part of the sun where energy is transferred through radiation.
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| Convective layer | Part of the sun where energy is transferred through the transfer of hotter plasma rising and cooler plasma falling.
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| Photosphere | The surface of the sun is 5,000 to 8,000 degrees kelvin and is the portion of the Sun that emits light.
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| Chromosphere | Thin layer of gases above the photosphere. This is the Sun’s atmosphere. The chromosphere adds a red tint to the Sun (only visible during solar eclipses).
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| Corona | The outermost portion of the Sun, the part visible during eclipses. This is the Sun’s outer atmosphere
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| Convection: | Transfer of heat through movement of fluids. (liquid, gas or plasma) Hot goes up, cold goes down
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| Nuclear Fusion | Hydrogen atoms are smashed together to form Helium atoms.
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| Radiation | The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.
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