Nuclear Fusion
an element produced by nuclear fusion in main sequence stars
What is Helium?
First step of Star Cycle
What is a Nebulae?
a cloud of dust and gas in space
What is a Nebula?
The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere
What is the Corona?
Colored light produced by charged particles from the solar wind and from the magnetosphere that react with and excite the oxygen
What is an Aurora?
size of low energy and low frequency waves
What is Long Wavelength?
Also known as a "Baby Star"
What is a Protostar?
a glowing cloud section that eventually becomes a star?
What is a Protostar?
center, hottest, part of the sun
What is the Core?
A part of coronal gas that is thrown into space from the sun
What is Coronal Mass Ejection?
SI unit of energy
What is Joule?
Step after Massive Main Sequence star runs out of hydrogen
What is a Supergiant?
This star changes how it is going through nuclear fusion combining Helium into larger elements
What is a Red Supergiant
The visible surface of the sun
What is Photosphere?
A loop of relatively cool, incandescent gas that extends above the photosphere
What is Prominence?
Law that states that the total mass of a system remains constant
What is Law of Conservation of Mass?
Last step of the Star Cycle for a Sun-Like Star
What is a Dwarf?
the small, dense core of a high-mass star after a supernova
What is a neutron star?
The thin layer of the sun that is just above the photosphere and that flows a reddish color during eclipses
What is Chromosphere?
An explosive release of energy that comes from the sun and that is associated with magnetic disturbances on the sun's surface
What is Solar Flare?
the action or process of combining two atomic nuclei to produce a nucleus of greater mass
What is Nuclear Fusion?
Step when massive star's fuel runs out, gravity gives in and the core collapses
What is a Supernova?
After a red giant, this is the shell of gas that is drifting away from a dying star that is stopping nuclear fusion.
What is a planetary nebula?
The zone of the sun's interior that is between the core and the convective zone and in which energy moves by radiation
What is Radiative Zone?
a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space
What is Electromagnetic Radiation?