Cor 009

Question 1

This is the sum of all the periodic and aperiodic solar fluctuations

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Solar Variation

Question 2

Magnetic storms on the photosphere which appear as dark areas. Areas of gas on the suns surface that are cooler than the gases around them.

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Sunspots

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Spectacular discharge of magnetic energy from corona. Eruptions that occur when the loops and sunspot regions suddenly connect

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Solar flares

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Explosion in the sun’s corona that spews out solar particles.

Answer 4

Coronal mass ejection

Question 5

Results of gas expansion in the corona. A stream of charged particles produced by the corona.

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Solar wind

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Storm of gas that erupts from the surface.

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Solar prominence

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Redish loops of gas that link parts of the sunspot regions.

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Prominence

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The center of the sun.

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Core

Question 9

Layer of the sun’s atmosphere that has a reddish glow.

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Chromosphere

Question 10

Outermost layer of the sun’s interior.

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Corona

Question 11

The joining of hydrogen atoms forms a helium.

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Nuclear fusion

Question 12

The layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off visible light

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Photosphere

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The layer of the sun’s interior where energy is transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation.

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Radiation zone

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The layer of the suns atmosphere that looks like a halo during eclipse

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Convection zone

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Responsible for keeping the objects in the solar system in Harmon

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Gravitational pull

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Sun was formed from a cloud of dust known as

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Nebula

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Phenomena when the sun gets closer to the Earth

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Perihelion

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Phenomena when the sun gets farthest to the Earth

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Aphelion

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Blue and blue

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O

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Blue white and deep blue white

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B

Question 21

White and blue white

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A

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Yellow White and white

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F

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Yellow and yellowish white

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G

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Orange and pale yellow orange

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K

Question 25

Red and light orange red

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M

Question 26

Red brown and Scarlet

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L

Question 27

Why do star twinkle?

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Turbulence in the atmosphere of the earth

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The earth's only natural satellite.

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Moon

Question 29

Especially strong tides that occur when the earth, the sun, and the moon are in line

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Spring tides

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A especially weak tide occurs when the gravitational forces of the moon and sun are perpendicular to one another

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Neap tides

Question 31

Periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water caused by the gravitational interaction between earth and moon

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Tides

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Titan goddess of the moon

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Selene

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Moon of saturn that was discovered by cassini in 1684

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Dione

Question 34

Divine embodiment of the moon

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Luna

Question 35

Is belive to be made up of solid metals, mainly iron and nickel.

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Inner core

Question 36

Made up of liquid metals where the “plastics” lower mantle lies

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Outer core

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Interruptions lie between core and mantle

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Gutenberg discontinuity

Question 38

Tool that was used in mapping ocean floors

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Sonar surveys

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Remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form as a mold or cast in rocll

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Fossil

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Outermost solid, rocky layer of the earth

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Crust

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Layer of the earth underneath the crust

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C

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Earthquake are produced during

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Brittle failure during faulting

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Region of initiation of seismic energy within the earth is called

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Hypocenter

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Position on the land surface immediately Above hypocenter

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Epicenter

Question 45

It is the first to arrive at a seismic station. It also produced snake like motion parallel to the earth's surface

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P-waves

Question 46

It is the second wave to arrive at a seismic station. It also produced shearing motions that are at right angles

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S-waves