Module 17 Vocab Review

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Inner layer of the Sun's atmosphere emitting invisible light; Sun's surface.

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Photosphere

Front

Middle layer of the Sun’s atmosphere

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Chromosphere

Front

Outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere

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Corona

Front

Stream of charged particles from the Sun’s Corona

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Solar Wind

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A dark, cooler area of gas on the Sun’s surface

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Sun Spot

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A large reddish gas loop from the Sun's surface, connecting sunspot regions.

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Prominence

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Eruption of gas from the Sun’s surface when loops in sunspot regions connect.

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Solar Flare

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A large cloud of dust & gas in space

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Nebula

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A contracting cloud of gas & dust with enough mass to form a star

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Protostar

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Blue-white hot core of a star left after outer layers drift into space

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White Dwarf