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    The Sun: Guide For Reading

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the sun's structure and composition. It describes that the sun's interior consists of three layers - the core, radiation zone, and convection zone. The core produces energy through nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium. This energy passes through the radiation zone where it is transferred by electromagnetic radiation, and then the convection zone where hot gases rise and cool gases sink, transferring heat toward the surface. The sun's atmosphere also consists of three layers - the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The photosphere emits visible light, while the chromosphere has a reddish glow and the corona is visible during a solar eclipse. Features on the sun's surface include sunspots, prominences

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the sun's structure and composition. It describes that the sun's interior consists of three layers - the core, radiation zone, and convection zone. The core produces energy through nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium. This energy passes through the radiation zone where it is transferred by electromagnetic radiation, and then the convection zone where hot gases rise and cool gases sink, transferring heat toward the surface. The sun's atmosphere also consists of three layers - the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The photosphere emits visible light, while the chromosphere has a reddish glow and the corona is visible during a solar eclipse. Features on the sun's surface include sunspots, prominences

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the sun's structure and composition. It describes that the sun's interior consists of three layers - the core, radiation zone, and convection zone. The core produces energy through nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium. This energy passes through the radiation zone where it is transferred by electromagnetic radiation, and then the convection zone where hot gases rise and cool gases sink, transferring heat toward the surface. The sun's atmosphere also consists of three layers - the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The photosphere emits visible light, while the chromosphere has a reddish glow and the corona is visible during a solar eclipse. Features on the sun's surface include sunspots, prominences

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    The document summarizes key aspects of the sun's structure and composition. It describes that the sun's interior consists of three layers - the core, radiation zone, and convection zone. The core produces energy through nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium. This energy passes through the radiation zone where it is transferred by electromagnetic radiation, and then the convection zone where hot gases rise and cool gases sink, transferring heat toward the surface. The sun's atmosphere also consists of three layers - the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. The photosphere emits visible light, while the chromosphere has a reddish glow and the corona is visible during a solar eclipse. Features on the sun's surface include sunspots, prominences

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    Name ____________________________ Date ____________________ Class ____________

    The Solar System

    The Sun
    Guide for Reading
    ■ What are the three layers of the sun’s interior?

    ■ What are the three layers of the sun’s atmosphere?


    ■ What features form on or above the sun’s surface?

    The sun’s mass is 99.8 percent of all the mass in the solar system. Because the
    sun is so large, its gravity is strong enough to hold all of the planets and
    other distant objects in orbit.
    Unlike Earth, the sun does not have a solid surface. Like Earth, the sun
    has an interior and an atmosphere. The sun’s interior consists of the core,
    radiation zone, and convection zone. Each layer has different properties.
    The sun produces an enormous amount of energy in its core, or central
    region. The sun’s energy comes from nuclear fusion. In the process of
    nuclear fusion, hydrogen atoms in the sun join to form helium.
    The light and heat produced by the sun’s core first pass through the
    middle layer of the sun’s interior, the radiation zone. The radiation zone is
    a region of very tightly packed gas where energy is transferred mainly in the
    form of electromagnetic radiation.
    The convection zone is the outermost layer of the sun’s interior. Hot
    gases rise from the bottom of the convection zone and gradually cool as they
    approach the top. Cooler gases sink, forming loops of gas that move heat
    toward the sun’s surface.
    The sun’s atmosphere consists of the photosphere, the chromosphere,
    and the corona. The inner layer of the sun’s atmosphere is called the
    photosphere. Photo means “light,” so the photosphere is the sphere that
    The Solar System

    gives off visible light.


    At the beginning and end of a solar eclipse, you can see a reddish glow
    around the photosphere. This glow comes from the middle layer of the sun’s
    atmosphere, the chromosphere. Chromo means “color,” so the chromosphere
    is the “color sphere.”
    During a total solar eclipse, a fainter layer called the corona is visible.
    The corona sends out a stream of electrically charged particles called solar
    wind.
    Features on or above the sun’s surface include sunspots, prominences,
    and solar flares. Sunspots are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the
    gas around them. Sunspots usually occur in groups. Reddish loops of gas
    called prominences link different parts of sunspot regions. Sometimes the
    loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect, releasing large amounts of
    energy. The energy heats gas on the sun to millions of degrees Celsius,
    causing the gas to explode into space. These explosions are known as solar
    flares. Solar flares can greatly increase the solar wind.
    Name ____________________________ Date ____________________ Class ____________

    The Solar System

    The Sun
    Understanding Main Ideas
    Label the diagram of the sun below.

    1. 4.

    2. 5.

    3. 6.

    Building Vocabulary
    Match each term with its description by writing the letter of the correct description
    in the right column on the line next to the term in the left column.
    ____ 7. solar flare a. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off visible
    ____ 8. core light

    ____ 9. chromosphere b. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that has a reddish
    glow
    ____ 10. sunspot
    c. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that looks like a
    ____ 11. corona halo during an eclipse
    ____ 12. nuclear fusion d. areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than
    ____ 13. photosphere the gases around them
    ____ 14. solar wind e. reddish loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions
    ____ 15. prominence f. eruptions that occur when the loops in sunspot
    regions suddenly connect
    ____ 16. radiation zone
    g. a stream of charged particles produced by the corona
    ____ 17. convection zone
    h. the center of the sun
    i. the outermost layer of the sun’s interior
    j. the joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium
    k. the layer of the sun’s interior where energy is
    transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation

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