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