Unit 1 Week 3 Vocabulary

Sunspot

•  the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

• violent eruption of charged particles

Prominence

• gasses that erupt in large arches

• violent eruption of charged particles

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

•  displays of light, often seen near the poles of the Earth, that are caused by solar disruptions that impact the Earth’s atmosphere

Tags

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Solar Flare

• gasses that erupt in large arches

• violent eruption of charged particles

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

• displays of light, often seen near the poles of the Earth, that are caused by solar disruptions that impact the Earth’s atmosphere

Tags

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Coronal Mass Ejection

• gasses that erupt in large arches

• violent eruption of charged particles

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

• displays of light, often seen near the poles of the Earth, that are caused by solar disruptions that impact the Earth’s atmosphere

Tags

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Auroras

• gasses that erupt in large arches

• violent eruption of charged particles

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

• displays of light, often seen near the poles of the Earth, that are caused by solar disruptions that impact the Earth’s atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Nuclear fusion

• violent eruption of charged particles

• the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

• he process of combining nuclei of small atoms to form more massive nuclei

• the area of the sun where energy radiates outward through electromagnetic radiation

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Convective Zone

• the bottom-most layer of the Sun’s atmosphere where visible light is emitted

• the area of the sun where energy radiates outward through electromagnetic radiation

•  the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

•  the area of the sun where gases carry energy outward through convection

Photosphere

• the bottom-most layer of the Sun’s atmosphere where visible light is emitted

• the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

• the area of the sun where energy radiates outward through electromagnetic radiation

• displays of light, often seen near the poles of the Earth, that are caused by solar disruptions that impact the Earth’s atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Chromosphere

• portions of the sun’s corona are thrown off the sun and into space

• the bottom-most layer of the Sun’s atmosphere where visible light is emitted

• the area of the sun where energy radiates outward through electromagnetic radiation

•  the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

Radiative Zone

•  the area of the sun where energy radiates outward through electromagnetic radiation

•  the area of the atmosphere between the photosphere and corona that has a reddish color

• cooler areas on the sun’s surface, the amount and location of sunspots occur on an 11 year cycle

•  gasses that erupt in large arches