The Sun: Building Vocabulary

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What is a solar flare?

Back

A big flash of light and energy from the sun

Front

The core is the ______ or the center of something.

Back

middle

Front

What is the chromosphere?

Back

A layer of the Sun’s atmosphere just above the surface

Front

A sunspot is a dark spot on the surface of the Sun that is ______ than the rest of the Sun.

Back

cooler

Front

What is the corona?

Back

The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere

Front

Nuclear fusion is a process where tiny particles, called atoms, come together to make a ______ atom.

Back

bigger

Front

What is the photosphere?

Back

The outer layer of the Sun that we can see

Front

Solar wind is a stream of tiny particles, like ______ and protons, that the Sun blows out into space.

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electrons

Front

What is a prominence?

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A big, bright loop of gas that rises up from the Sun's surface

Front

The radiation zone is a part inside the Sun where energy is passed through as light and _______.

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heat