5.2: The Sun

• 1

• Photosphere

• 4

• Sunspots

• 5

• Chromosphere

• 2

• Corona

• 3

• Core

What is number 6?

• solar prominence

• sunspots

• Corona

• Photosphere

Solar Flare is the

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.

• eruptions that occur when the loops in sunspot region suddenly connect.

• stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

The core is

• the center of the sun

• the outermost layer of the sun's interior.

• the joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium.

• the layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.

Chromosphere is the

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse.

• layer of the sun's interior where energy is transferred. mainly by electromagnetic radiation.

The sunspot is

• center of the sun.

• the outermost layer of the sun's interior.

• areas of gas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the gases around them.

• a stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

The corona is

• the layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse.

• the layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.

• the layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.

• the layer of the sun's interior where energy is transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation.

Nuclear fusion is

• the center of the sun.

• the joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium

• the outermost layer of the sun' interior.

• reddish loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions.

The photosphere is the

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse.

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off visible light.

• layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.

• layer of the sun's interior where energy is transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation.

The solar wind is

• a stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

• the outermost layer of the sun's interior.

• the joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium.

• the layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a reddish glow.