Solar Flares

Tremendous explosions of energy in the chromosphere

• Core

• Sun Spots

• Solar Flares

• Photosphere

a brief burst of energy from the sun’s photosphere

• corona

• solar flare

• solar wind

• photosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

fast-moving stream of particles thrown into space by solar flares

• magnitude

• corona

• solar flare

• solar wind

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

When prominences erupt into space releasing gas and energy we call this: 

• solar winds

• coronal outburst

• solar flares

• auroras

a sudden eruption of gas and energy particles on the surface of the sun can be describes as

• prominences

• solar flares

• solar winds

• sunspots

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The picture is an example of a

• solar flare

• prominence

• corona

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Brief eruptions of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface.

• Sunspots

• Solar Flares

• Core

• Corona

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What are solar flares primarily composed of?

• Plasma

• Solid rock

• Liquid metal

• Ice

Which layer of the Sun do solar flares originate from?

• Core

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

• Corona

What is the primary cause of solar flares?

• Nuclear fusion in the core

• Magnetic field lines reconnecting

• Gravitational collapse

• Sunspot cooling