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This is the suns outer atmosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Convection Zone
Turbulent layer of atmosphere with reddish glow.
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Radiative Zone
This zone is where heat moves upward and cooler material moves downward to the surface and back, like boiling water.
Core
Photosphere
Convection Zone
Corona
This is the source of ultraviolet light
Core
Corona
Chromosphere
Convection Zone
Energy from the core moves slowly outward through this zone, which is very thick like mud.
Convection Zone
Radiative Zone
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Nuclear Fusion happens here.
Corona
Core
Photosphere
Radiative Zone
Nuclear Fusion is when atoms are squeezed together, changing _______to _________.
Hydrogen / Helium
Nitrogen / Hydrogen
Oxygen / Neon
Helium / Oxygen
These cooler areas on the suns surface that are created by strong magnetic fields.
Solar Flares
Core
Sun Spots
Corona
Tremendous explosions and eruptions of energy in the chromosphere.
Core
Sun Spots
Solar Flares
Photosphere
Why is the sun brighter then other stars?
Its bigger
Its yellow
Its closer to Earth
Its hotter then other stars
When we look at the sun our eyes thinks this layer of the sun is solid.
Sun Flare
Sun Spot
Corona
Photosphere
This white halo of super heated gas can have streamers that reach millions of miles into space.
Sun spots
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Corona
In this inner layer, heat currents create a rising and falling movement and hot and cool material.
Radiative Zone
Convection Zone
Photosphere
Chromosphere
This is the source of XRays
corona
photosphere
core
radiative zone
Most of the UV rays of light come from this layer
photosphere
corona
chromosphere
core
This layer of the atmosphere is much hotter than the surface of the sun.
photosphere
corona
core
prominences
This layer of the sun's atmosphere is reddish, but can't be seen most of the time.
chromosphere
core
corona
sunspots
Large loops of energy, connecting sunspots on the sun's surface
sunspots
solar flares
prominences
Stream of charged particles that flow from the Corona and cause Auroras (northern lights)
sunspots
prominences
Solar Wnd
This is the hottest inner layer
core
radiative zone
convection zone
Three parts of the sun that are visible from earth.
Core, Corona, Convection Zone
corona,
chromosphere,
photospphere
Radiative zone,
corona, core
This is the coolest layer of the outer atmosphere.
chromosphere
corona
photosphere
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