Earth Science Chapter 24.3: The Sun Questions

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What is the primary gas that makes up the Sun?

Back

Hydrogen

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What are the four main parts of the Sun?

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The solar interior, photosphere, chromosphere, and corona.

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What is the visible surface of the Sun called?

Back

Photosphere

Front

What are prominences in the context of the Sun?

Back

Huge cloudlike structures consisting of chromospheric gases.

Front

What process does the Sun use to produce energy?

Back

Nuclear fusion.

Front

What occurs in the Sun's interior to generate energy?

Back

Nuclear fusion.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere?

Back

Corona.

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What is the layer of the Sun's atmosphere just above the photosphere?

Back

Chromosphere.

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What is the temperature of the Sun's core?

Back

Approximately 15 million degrees Celsius.

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What is the main source of the Sun's energy?

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Nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium.