The Sun Vocabulary

A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity and emitting energy that is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior

• Star

• Planet

• Comet

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface

• Flares

• Star

• Prominence

The second gaseous layer of the Sun's atmosphere; has a reddish color

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

The area of the Sun where energy is transported by convection; occurs in the outer layer of the Sun

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

A layer of a star's interior where energy is primarily transported toward the exterior by means of radiative diffusion and thermal conduction, rather than by convection

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The cumulative atmosphere of the Sun that is responsible for radiating light

• Chromosphere

• Radiation Zone

• Photosphere

• Convection Zone

A sudden eruption of radiation from the surface of the Sun

• Prominence

• Solar Flare

• Suns Core

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A nuclear reaction in which two lighter nuclei combine to form a single heavier nucleus and some of the original mass is converted to energy

• Fusion

• Fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Stable stars in the middle developmental phases that plot along a continuous diagonal belt on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

• Dual Phase

• Main Sequence

• Duplication

A cloud of interstellar gas and dust created by a dying, low-mass star

• Planetary Nebula

• Solar Nebula

• Space