Earth Science: The Sun
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- prominences
- arc of gas ejected for chromosphere and rains back down on the sun
- photosphere
- brightest layer of the sun
- solar flares
- violent eruptions of particles and radiation
- corona
- outermost layer of the sun
- radiation zone
- energy is transferred from particle to particle by radiation
- chromosphere
- emits strongly in a narrow band of red wavelengths and is visible during an eclipse
- convection zone
- moving volumes of gas and carries energy to sun's surface
- granules
- individual cells
- core
- where fusion occurs
- sunspots
- very bright, but cooler than the sun