Structure of the sun
Solar Activity
Sun Concepts
Short Answer
General Knowledge
100
Sunspot
What is a spot on the sun that is cooler than the rest of the sun?
100
Nuclear Fusion
What is it when combining nuclei to produce more energy?
100
The speed of light
What is E=mc2 (C=stands for what)?
100
Corona
What is the outermost layer of the sun?
100
1,000,000celeius
What is the temperature of the corona?
200
Prominence
What is it when a solar flare except you can only see it during a solar eclipse?
200
Radiative Zone
What is a black spot between two layers of the sun?
200
Fusion
What is a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei combine?
200
Auroras
What is another name for northern and southern lights?
200
100,000km
What is the diameter of a sunspot?
300
Solar Flare
What is a flare of fire that happens n the sun every hour?
300
Convective Zone
What is it when turbulent plasma between the star's core and the visible surface?
300
Radiative Zone
What is part of the sun where energy moves from atom to atom in the form of electromagnetic waves?
300
Magnetic Storms
Gusts of solar wind can cause?
300
4,000celeius to 50,000 celeius
What is the range of temperature of the chromosphere?
400
CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)
What is a cloud of particles ejected from the sun's surface during a solar flare?
400
Photosphere
What is a sphere of light or radiance?
400
4
What is the number of hydrogen atoms that fuse to form a helium atom?
400
11years
Sunspot cycle repeats about every?
400
25.3 earth days
Places close to the equator on the surface of the sun take how many days to rotate once?
500
Aurora
What is another name for the Northern Lights?
500
Chromosphere
What is a thick layer of the sun?
500
Photosphere
What is part of the sun that is visible from the earth?
500
Intense magnetism
Sunspots are regions of?
500
16,000km
The chromosphere can cause gas to shoot upward as far as?
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