The Sun

The first layer in the Sun’s interior.

Enormous amounts of energy are produced here through nuclear fusion.

• Corona

• Core

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

A region of very tightly packed plasma where energy moves in the form of electromagnetic waves.

• Radiation Zone

• Corona

• Convection Zone

• Photosphere

Gases of the sun both rise and

sink here as they cool while they

radiate out from the innermost section.

• Radiation Zone

• Core

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

The visible layer on the surface of the

sun that gives off light.

• Core

• Convection Zone

• Photosphere

• Corona

The part of the sun's atmosphere that is a reddish glow only visible during a total solar eclipse

• Core

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere that appears as a bright halo.

• Core

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

Areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than the gases around them.

• Solar flare

• Solar wind

• Prominences

• Sunspots

Reddish loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions.

• Helium

• Prominences

• Solar flare

• Hydrogen bonds

Eruptions that occur when the loops in the sunspot regions suddenly connect.

• Solar flare

• Hydrogen bonds

• Helium

• Prominences

A stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

• Prominences

• Helium

• Sunspots

• Solar winds