Roles
What Vitamin does the Sun produce?
Vitamin D
What is the hottest layer of the Sun?
The core
What is the sun classified as?
a star
What types of energy does the Sun emit?
heat and light
what is the visible layer of the Sun?
The Photosphere
What star type is the Sun?
yellow dwarf
What is our solar systems only source of energy
The Sun
What happens in the core?
nuclear fusion occurs, which releases large amounts of energy
15 million degrees celsius
What does the Gravitational force of the Sun do?
It holds the solar system and keeps it in place
briefly describe the cycle that occurs in the convective zone
Hot plasma rises, cools, then sinks back down
What would happen without the Sun?
solar system will fall apart and planets would drift away and freeze.
name 3 out of the 4 things that the Sun provides to the Earth
Heat & Light, Vitamin D, Photosynthesis, Weather & Climate
What happens in the Corona?
solar wind, a stream of charged particles flows outward from the Sun
around how many Earth's fit in the Sun?
About 1 million