Chapter-11: Astronomy Vocab
Across
- 2. Sun's classification based on its temperature and light spectrum
- 4. The layer where energy is transported outward by radiation
- 5. large burst of radiation from the Sun's surface, often associated with magnetic activity
- 7. cycle of nuclear reactions that converts hydrogen into helium in the Sun
- 8. The Sun's emission of charged particles that flow outward through space
- 10. Sun's fundamental force that shapes its activity and structure
- 12. time-varying phenomenon that describes the rise and fall of solar activity
- 13. tiny, nearly massless particle emitted during nuclear fusion in the Sun
- 14. process that powers the Sun, combining hydrogen nuclei
- 15. A dark region on the Sun caused by concentrated magnetic activity
- 16. A powerful ejection of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's corona
Down
- 1. The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere, visible during an eclipse
- 2. The region where energy is transported by the movement of heated plasma
- 3. The Sun's visible surface layerSolar-Cycle,
- 6. process by which astronomers study the Sun's interior using oscillations
- 8. Sun's innermost region where energy is generated
- 9. bright cellular patterns on the Sun's surface caused by convection
- 11. apparent dimming of the Sun's disk toward its edge