Lunar/Solar Vocab

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Visible layer of the Sun.

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Photosphere

Front

Solar Flares and Prominence are associated with?

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Sun Spot

Front

Sunspot cycle duration?

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11 years

Front

Combining lightweight nuclei into heavier nuclei is known as?

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Fusion

Front

Light-colored, mountainous, heavily cratered area of the Moon?

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Highlands

Front

Image of what on the moon?

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Impact Crater

Front

Long trail of ejecta from an impact crater is known as?

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Rays

Front

Top layer of the Sun's atmosphere above the chromosphere?

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Corona

Front

Gas that condenses in the Sun's inner corona and rains back to the surface?

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Prominence

Front

State where an orbiting body's orbital and rotational periods match.

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Synchronous Rotation