Chapter 22A Terms Flashcards

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1
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The sun is created to be a source of what

A

Light and heat 

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2
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Purpose of sun

A

Seasons and days and years

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3
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About 93% of the sun’s energy output is the what

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Electromagnet waves (EM)

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4
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About 3% of the sun’s energy output is what

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High energy, protons, and electrons

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5
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The sun is the largest source of what for the Earth

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Energy

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6
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The distance from one crest of wave to another crest of wave

A

Wavelength

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7
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The entire span of EM waves emitted by the sun

A

Solar spectrum

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8
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What light we can see

A

Visible spectrum

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9
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Wavelengths measure in what?

A

Nanometers

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10
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Shorter than visible light and causes sunburns

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Ultraviolet

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11
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Longer than visible light like heat waves, and humans can feel it

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Infrared

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12
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Other types of bands

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X-rays, gamma rays, microwaves radio waves, and TV waves

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13
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Human eyes are most sensitive to what colors

A

Green and red

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14
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Fingerprints the light coming from the stars

A

Spectroscope

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15
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What are the main elements of the sun is made out of

A

Hydrogen and helium

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16
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What are the three main parts of the sun?

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Core radioactive zone and convection zone

17
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Hydrogen combines to make helium

A

Nuclear fusion

18
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Inner mouth section where nuclear fusion happens

19
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Middle layer, enormous pressure in density

A

Radioactive zone

20
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From radioactive zone to the surface

A

Convection zone

21
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Where plasma is heated and rises to the surface in the form of granules

A

Convection zone

22
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Visible surface of the sun

23
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Texture caused by convection curtains, coming to the surface

24
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Dark spots caused by magnetic differences in the surface

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Strong storms explosions
Solar flares
26
Two main parts of the sun’s atmosphere
Chromosphere and corona
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Thin layer above the surface of the atmosphere
 Chromosphere
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Pointed jets of hot plasma
Spicules
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Clouds of plasma that emit light
Plagues and faculoe
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Layer above the chromosphere that reaches into space
Corona
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Streams of matter that appeared to rise and then fall look like a loop or a circle
Prominences
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Formed from the corona
Solar wind
33
Used to observed the corona
Coronagraph
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Two parts of the sun spots
Umbrella and penumbra
35
Inner layer of the sun spots
Umbra
36
Outer layer of the sun spots
Preumbra
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How long is a sunspot cycle?
Around 11 years