Spectra Vocabulary Layers of the Sun Hot Stuff More Hot Stuff
100
What is a continuous spectrum.
A spectrum with no breaks in it.
100
What are sunspots?
Dark spots on the surface of the Photosphere.
100
What is the Photosphere.
The layer of the Sun with sunspots.
100
What is hydrogen.
The most abundant element in the Sun.
100
What is the Sun.
This object contains 99% of the mass in the solar system.
200
What are emission, absorption, and continuous.
The three types of spectra.
200
What is a solar flare.
Violent eruptions of particles and radiation from the surface of the Sun.
200
What is the Corona.
The outermost layer of the Sun.
200
What is helium.
The second most abundant element in the Sun.
200
What is the Chromosphere.
The layer of the Sun between the Photosphere and the Corona.
300
What is an emission spectrum.
A spectrum with bright lines at certain wavelengths.
Mostly black, with bright lines.
300
What is fission.
The splitting of atomic nuclei into smaller, lighter nuclei.
300
What is the Photosphere.
The innermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
300
What is the photosphere.
This layer of the Sun is blocked during an eclipse.
300
What is the radiation zone.
The layer of the Sun between the Core and the Convection zone.
400
What is an emission spectrum.
A spectrum caused by a non compressed gas.
400
What is a prominence.
An arc of gas ejected from the chromosphere.
400
What are the Chromosphere and Corona.
These two layers of the Sun are only seen during an eclipse.
400
What is plasma.
The state under which matter is composed only of atomic nuclei and electrons.
400
What is a solar wind.
When plasma flows outward from the corona at high speeds.
500
What is an absorption spectrum.
A spectrum caused by a cooler gas in front of a source which emits a continuous spectrum.
500
What is fusion.
The combination of lightweight atomic nuclei into heavier nuclei.
500
What is the core.
Fusion of hydrogen into helium occurs in this layer of the Sun.
500
What is E=MC^2.
The equation which Albert Einstein used to show that matter can be converted to energy.
500
What is the atmosphere of Earth.
The part of the Earth which keeps the majority of the energy from the Sun from reaching the ground.






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