The Sun
By: Sean Outlaw
Core
Makes up 40% of the Suns mass. and 10 percent of the volume
Radiative Zone
The radiative zone is the section of the solar interior between the innermost core and the outer convective zone. In the radiative zone, energy generated by nuclear fusion in the core moves outward as electromagnetic radiation
Convection Zone
In the convection zone energy is transferred by convection. In the convection zone, hot plasma rises, cools as it nears the surface, and falls to be heated and rise again.
Photosphere
The photosphere is the visible surface of the Sun that we are most familiar with. This is not a solid surface, but it is thick.
Chromosphere
In this outer layer the sun's energy, which has bubbled up from the sun's interior layers, is detected as sunlight.
Corona
An aura of plasma that surrounds the Sun and other celestial bodies.
Sunspots
Sunspots are regions on the solar surface that appear dark because they are cooler than the surrounding photosphere
Prominence
A large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the Sun's surface, often in a loop shape.
Flare
Happens when magnetic energy that has built up in the solar atmosphere is released at any give moment
Aurora
The reaction of high-energy particles with neutral atoms in earth's upper atmosphere
Sources
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All Layers- http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/171926main_heliolayers_label_lg.jpg
Core- http://www.newtonsapple.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/model-of-the-suns-interior.jpg
Radiative Zone- http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/Solar_interior/Sun_layers/Convection_zone/sun_conv_small.jpg
Convection Zone- http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/cutaway.jpg
Photosphere- http://cronodon.com/images/Photosphere.jpg
Chromosphere- http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys230/lectures/sun_gross/hesun_yellow_big.jpg
Corona- https://0.s3.envato.com/files/65810311/Corona.Sun.jpg
Sunspots- http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2008/09/30/30sep_blankyear_resources/midi512_blank_2001.gif
Prominence- http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2010/10/Sun-prominence-NASA-ESA-400x327.jpg
Sun Flare- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Magnificent_CME_Erupts_on_the_Sun_-_August_31.jpg
Sun Aurora- http://wordlesstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Spectacular-aurora-from-high-activity-on-the-Sun-2.jpg
(Info)
Module 16-1 PowerPoint
All Layers- http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/171926main_heliolayers_label_lg.jpg
Core- http://www.newtonsapple.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/model-of-the-suns-interior.jpg
Radiative Zone- http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/Solar_interior/Sun_layers/Convection_zone/sun_conv_small.jpg
Convection Zone- http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/cutaway.jpg
Photosphere- http://cronodon.com/images/Photosphere.jpg
Chromosphere- http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys230/lectures/sun_gross/hesun_yellow_big.jpg
Corona- https://0.s3.envato.com/files/65810311/Corona.Sun.jpg
Sunspots- http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2008/09/30/30sep_blankyear_resources/midi512_blank_2001.gif
Prominence- http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2010/10/Sun-prominence-NASA-ESA-400x327.jpg
Sun Flare- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Magnificent_CME_Erupts_on_the_Sun_-_August_31.jpg
Sun Aurora- http://wordlesstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Spectacular-aurora-from-high-activity-on-the-Sun-2.jpg
(Info)
Module 16-1 PowerPoint