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15 Cards in this Set
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What type of waves are produced by the photosphere? |
Electromagnetic |
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The distance light travels in a year is called |
Lightyear |
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Arch-like eruptions caused by sunspots are |
Prominece |
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Dark, cooler areas on the Sun’s surface |
Sunspots |
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Solar wind is produced by the Sun’s |
Corona |
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The outer region of the sun that stretches into space |
Corona |
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An instrument used to orbit around celestial bodies |
Satellites |
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Instrument used to identify gases in stars |
Spectroscope |
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Layer of the sun that one sees when looking at a photograph |
Photosphere |
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These are seen in the northern US after a new group of sunspots develops |
Aurora |
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Instrument used when area is too dangerous for astronomers |
Space Probe |
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The best telescope to use on a rainy day |
Radio telescopes |
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Sunspots are _______ than the gases around them |
Cooler |
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Power outages could be caused by |
Magnetic storms |
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Communication systems can be interrupted when releases electrically charged particles |
Solar flare |
