Solar Flashcards

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Coronal Mass Ejection

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- huge, balloon-shaped plasma bursts that come from the Sun

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Prominences

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- an arc of gas that erupts from the surface of the Sun

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Solar Flares

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-magnetic storm on the Sun which appears to be a very bright spot and a gaseous surface eruption. Releases huge amounts of high-energy particles and gases and are tremendously hot.

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Solar Wind

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-a continuous stream of ions that are given off by magnetic anomalies on the Sun.    

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Sun Spots

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-dark, planet-sized regions that appear on the "surface" of the Sun with increases magnetic fields