Chapter 23

Question 1

What telescope orbits in the sun?

Answer 1

The Spitzer Space telescope

Question 2

What is the sun?

Answer 2

An average yellow star

Question 3

What is the photosphere?

Answer 3

“ sphere of light” the incandescent ‘surface’ of the sun

Question 4

What is above the photosphere?

Answer 4

The chromosphere

Question 5

What are spicules?

Answer 5

Little narrow jets of rising materials

Question 6

What is the outermost portion of the sore atmosphere called?

Answer 6

Corona

Question 7

What is the solar wind and sun magnetic field that extends past Pluto?

Answer 7

Heliosphere

Question 8

What are sun spots?

Answer 8

Dark areas of the sun that are slightly cooler

Question 9

What are the very bright areas of the sun that are slightly hotter than the rest called?

Answer 9

Plages

Question 10

What are the four parts of the sun?

Answer 10

1. Solar interior.
2. Visible surface or photosphere.
3. Chromosphere.
4. Corona.

Question 11

What are the huge arching cloud like structures coming off of the sun called?

Answer 11

Prominences

Question 12

What are solar flares?

Answer 12

Sudden explosions above the sun spot

Question 13

What are aurora’s?

Answer 13

Ejected particles from the sun/northern/southern lights

Question 14

What is nuclear fusion

Answer 14

(Proton-proton reaction) they knew we are reaction that produces the sons energy (when two or more atoms fused together)