T4 L1

What are the suns inner layers?

• Mantle, crust, and atmosphere

• Photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

• Core, radiative zone, and convective zone

On the image, label core, radiative zone, and convective zone

c

b

a

core

radiative zone

convective zone

What are the suns outer layers?

• Mantle, crust, and atmosphere

• Photosphere, chromosphere, and corona

• Core, radiative zone, and convective zone

On the image, label the solar flare, chromosphere, photosphere, corona and solar flare

c

d

b

a

corona

solar flare

chromosphere

photosphere

What are three visible features of the sun?

• Sunspots, solar flares, and prominences

• Mountains, valleys, and craters

• Trees, rivers, and animals

​ (a)   are dark areas of the sun’s surface: these are areas of plasma that are cooler than those around it.

• Sunspots

• Moonspots

• Earthspots

​ (a)   happen when sunspots occur in pairs and cause a huge loop of plasma to be polarized and link to different parts of the sunspot regions.

• Prominences

• Solar flares

• Asteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

​ happen when the loops in the sunspots become connected and release a large amount of magnetic energy. The energy heats up the plasma and causes it to erupt in space.

• Solar flares

• Lunar flares

• Stellar flares

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

The sun is a __________ that has 8 planets orbiting

• Comet

• Star

• Constellation

What force caused the solar system to form?

• The sun

• Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2