The Sun Flashcards
Upper layer of sun atmosphere
Solar corona
Sun layers inner to outer
Core- 200,000 km radius of 10000000c Radiation-heat conducted with no movement Convention- constant motion Photosphere- light is given off Chromosphere above sun surface
Only time we can see Suns atmosphere
Solar eclipse
Arching columns of glowing gas that return to Suns surface
Solar prominences
Solar flare
Jets of glowing gas that shot out from surface and do not return
Coronal mass ejections
Huge bubbles of glowing gas that can reach earth
Process that allows sun to excise
Fusion
Main fuel source of sun
Hydrogen
Sunspots
Magnetic storms of surface of sun
Einsteins equation
E=mc^2
Hydrogen atom with extra neutron
Deuteron
Can make a modern day weapon? What do we use
Fusion
Power that our power plants make
Fission
Photosphere temp
Chromosphere temp
Photo is 6,000
Chromo is 3,000,000
Two mechanism that move Suns energy
Convention and conduction
Outward pressure of hot gases of the sun
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Another name for deuteron
Heavy hydrogen
This type of energy is produced every step during fusion
Gamma radiation
How line is a solar cycle
11 years
Reading sound waves that travel through the sun is called
Helioseismology
Luminosity of the sun
4*10^26 W
Thin spikes that shoot off from chromosphere
Spicules
How do we see solar wind?
Northern lights aka aurora borealis
Maximum number of sunspots is called
Sunspot maximums
Minimum sunspots is called
“Little ice age”
Maunder Minimum
Super granule
30,000 km earth sized
Granules
Texas size Dark and light spots Top is blue Red is going down 5-10 mins
