Features of the Sun

What is the name for this giant loop of energy leaping from the solar surface? 

• aurora

• prominence

• solar flare

• sunspot

What features can you see on the sun

• Sunspots & Prominences

• The core

• The moon

• Earth

Why are sunspots darker than the surrounding areas?

• The hotter gas releases less light

• The Cooler gas releases less light

• They look that way because the light form the sun 

• They are created by shadows from the moon.

What layer can be seen here?

• chromosphere

• corona

• photosphere

• core

Heat rises from the sun's core and then cools at the sun's surface due to ​ (a)   This can create cooler spots known as

(b)   .

• convection

• sunspots

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the dark spots on the sun that are cooler than the area around them?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Areas of gas in the photosphere that are cooler than the surrounding gases. Although they are large, they appear as small, dark-looking regions on the sun's surface.

• sunspots

• solar flares

• solar wind

• prominences

What are huge LOOPS of gas/plasma erupting from the Sun's surface?

• sunspots

• prominences

• solar flare

• age spots

A stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

• Prominences

• Helium

• Sunspots

• Solar winds

What is the visible surface of the sun called?

• Corona

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Sunspot