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21 Cards in this Set
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What Galaxy does the Sun orbit?
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Orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy
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How far away is the sun from the Earth?
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Average distance from the Earth is 93 million miles
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The Sun __________ and ______________ the solar system.
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Heats and lights the solar system
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What does the Sun hold in their orbits?
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Holds the planets in their orbits
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Size of the Sun
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Diameter is 870,000 miles ( 109 times larger than the earth)
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The sun contains how much of the matter in the solar system?
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Contains over 99% of all the matter in the solar system
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Composition of the Sun
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Hydrogen
and Helium |
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
What is the very inside part of the Sun? |
Core
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
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Radiative Zone
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
Crunchy |
Convective Zone
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
Perhaps |
Photoshere
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
Chewy |
Chromosphere
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Structure (Cats R Crunchy, Perhaps Chewy, Cats)
Cats What is the very outside zone? |
Corona
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The Photosphere is ____________________ degrees F.
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10,000
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What are sunspots?
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small dark areas on the sun’s surface
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What are solar flares?
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sudden energetic explosion of the sun’s matter
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What are Prominence?
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steams of material that rise into the Corona and fall slowly back to
the surface. |
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The most sunspots can be seen every ______ years.
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11
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Can sun spots affect weather?
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Yes!
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Solar flares can hinder ______________ waves.
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radio
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The release of extremely large mass of particles is called a ____________________________________.
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coronal mass ejection
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