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What is the Sun?

• The sun is a planet in our solar system.

• The sun is the name of the star that is in our solar system.

• The sun is a bright object that orbits the earth.

• The sun is a shiny circle that is really hot.

What is a sunspot?

• Sunspots are dots in the sun.

• Sunspots are large areas on the Sun's surface that are hotter and darker than the surrounding area.

• Sunspots are volcanoes in the Sun that erupt every now and then

• Sunspots are large areas on the Sun's surface that are cooler and darker than the surrounding area.

What is a solar flare?

• Solar flares are explosions of hot gases that occur near sunspots

• Solar flares are huge looping eruptions of gases that arc out from the atmosphere.

What is a photoshpere

• The core

• The surface of the sun

• The outer layer.

• Large holes in the sun.

What is a prominence

• Prominences are explosions of hot gases that occur near sunspots

• Reminiscences are huge looping eruptions of gases that arc out from the atmosphere

What is a corona

• The core of the sun

• Outer layer of the sun's atmosphere

• Surface of the sun

• Magnetic Field

What is nuclear fusion

• Energy from the sun comes from its core where hydrogen is converted into helium

• A nuclear bomb that releases from the sun

• The outer layer of the suns atmosphere.

• The core of the sun

What is a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)

• When the sun releases a large amount of charged particles all at once.

• Large areas on the suns surface that are cooler and darker than its surrounding area.

• Large hooping eruptions of gases that arc out from the photosphere.

• Explosions pf hot gases that occur near sunspots.

What is a aurora

• A rainbow at night

• Lasers

• When the solar wind charges some of the gases in the earths atmosphere

• Shiny cool lights that float in the sky

What are the harmful effects of CME's?

• Causes disruptions with radio, telephone. and television signals, and static radios

• We all die and go extinct

• None

• We will be fine