Quarter 1 Review part 2

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What happens when you place a container of water in the beam of a ray of light?

Back

Light is mostly refracted.

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What is a Solar Prominence?

Back

A loop of gas that connects sun spots.

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

Back

It is winter.

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What is electromagnetic radiation?

Back

Energy that travels in the form of electromagnetic waves.

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What is a Solar Flare?

Back

A brief eruption of intense high energy of gas.

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What is refraction?

Back

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.

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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

Back

The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation.

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What causes seasons on Earth?

Back

The tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the sun.

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What is the sun's corona?

Back

The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, visible during a solar eclipse.

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What is a sunspot?

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A cooler, darker spot on the sun's surface caused by magnetic activity.