Sun's layers and activities

The sun's outer atmosphere.

• radiative zone

• core

• corona

• convective zone

The layer of the sun where the energy is made.

• chromosphere

• core

• corona

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The part of the sun we can see.

• radiative zone

• core

• photosphere

The region of the sun's interior in which energy is carried upward by convection is the...

• convective zone
• radioactive zone
• sunspot
• corona

What are the 3 layers of the sun's atmosphere?

• Core, photosphere, convection zone.
• Core, radiation zone, convection zone
• Photopshere, chromosphere, corona
• Photosphere, radiation zone, core

What are the 2 methods that transfer the sun's energy to the surface?

• radiation and convection
• convection and conduction
• fission and fusion
• radiation and conduction 

What are the inner layers of the sun?

• photosphere, core, convection zone
• photosphere, chromosphere, corona
• photosphere, radiation zone, core
• core, radiation zone, convection zone

In the diagram of Sun, which layer is Z?

• radiation zone

• core

• photosphere

• convection zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

In the diagram of Sun, which layer is Y?

• radiation zone

• core

• photosphere

• convection zone

Sunspots are

• large flares of energy that loop back to the sun's surface.

• magnetic areas on the sun's surface that appear darker because they are a lower temperature than surrounding areas.

• bursts of energy that flash off the sun's surface.