Solar Weather

Solar weather is caused by the Sun's changing

• composition

• magnetic field

• temperature

• rotational period

Which solar feature indicates that a solar maximum is arriving?

• number of sunspots increases

• prominences & solar flares become rarer

• photosphere becomes brighter and hotter

Answer explanation

Sunspot cycle of solar maximum every 11 years

Which layer of the Sun has a temperature of about 1 million degrees?

• corona

• photosphere

• core

• chromosphere

Bright arch-like loops that may erupt from the photosphere into the corona

• Sunspots

• Solar Flares

• Prominences

• Photosphere

Sudden, intense explosions that result in changes in brightness when magnetic energy is released.

• Prominences

• Solar Flare

• Sunspot

• Photosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Moving areas of magnetic activity with temperatures that are cooler than the area of the photosphere

• Photosphere

• Corona

• Sunspots

• Prominence

The particles of the corona extends into space for millions of kilometers and spreads into streams of electrically charged particles called:

• coronal discharge

• solar flares

• coronal ejection

• solar winds

What cycle do sunspots follow?

• 13 year cycle

• 11 year cycle

• 23 year cycle

• 7 year cycle

Which solar weather event lasts the longest?

• sunspots

• prominence

• solar flare

• CME

Identify part 9.

• sunspot

• solar flare

• granules

• prominence