Lesson 2: The Sun TEST

Huge loops of glowing gas.

• Flares

• Prominences

• Corona

• Photosphere

The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.

• Corona

• Chromosphere

• Core

• Photosphere

The visible surface of the sun; visible light moves by radiation.

• Chromosphere

• Core

• Photosphere

• Corona

The outermost layer of the sun's interior; energy moves mainly by convection.

• Convection Zone

• Solar Wind

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

The center of the Sun.

• Corona

• chromosphere

• photosphere

• Core

Dark areas on the Photosphere that move across the sun's surface as the sun rotates.

• Corona

• Core

• Sunspots

• Photosphere

A stream of electrically charged particles produced by the sun's corona

• Photosphere

• Solar Wind

• Chromosphere

• Corona

The thin, middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Corona

• Core

Eruptions of hot gas from the sun's surface.

• Solar Wind

• Corona

• Prominences

• Flares

The part of the sun where energy from the core moves by radiation.

• Solar Wind

• Radiactive Zone

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere