Chapter-11: Astronomy Vocab

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