The Sun Vocabulary

The outer atmosphere of the sun.

• core
• corona
• chromosome
• photosphere

The middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.

• core
• corona
• chromosome
• photosphere

The visible surface of the sun.

• core
• corona
• chromosome
• photosphere

The layer of sun through which energy travels by convection from the radiative zone to the photosphere

• convection zone
• radiative zone
• core
• corona

The layer of the sun through which energy is transferred away from the core by radiation.

• convection zone
• radiative zone
• core
• corona

The very dense center of the sun.

• core
• corona
• convection zone
• photosphere

The process by which two or more low-mass atomic nuclei fuse to form another, heavier nucleus

• nuclear fusion
• convection zone
• radiative zone
• sunspots

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Dark areas that form on the surface of the sun

• solar flares
• prominences
• sunspots
• corona

An explosive release of energy that can extend outward as far as the sun's outer atmosphere.

• solar flares
• prominences
• sunspots
• corona

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Huge loops of relatively cool gas that extend outward from the photosphere thousands of kilometers into the outer atmosphere.

• solar flares
• prominences
• sunspots
• corona