The Sun Cross Word Puzzle
Across
- 4. The ______ zone is the layer which is located above the Sun’s core.
- 6. Space weather is phenomena that occur on the _____ of the Sun
- 9. A very large loop shape made up of flaming gases on top of the Sunspots.
- 10. The Earth’s ______ is the region of space surrounding Earth resulting from the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetic field.
- 14. Charged gas that erupts strongly and often occurs near the Sunspots.
- 15. A compact layer of gas seen to be shining with yellow light from the Earth.
- 17. Space weather can _____ telecommunication on Earth.
- 18. Space weather can disrupt ____ system (GPS) on Earth.
- 19. A bright red layer of gas below the corona.
- 20. Space weather can disturb ___power lines on Earth.
Down
- 1. Coronal mass ejection is the eruption of _____ gas particles that appears to be a cloud that expands.
- 2. The Sun’s atmosphere consists of ____ parts.
- 3. Particles in plasma travel together at high speeds from the Sun to outer space.
- 5. Grainy structures visible at the upper part of the convective zone that forms the photosphere.
- 6. A dark area on the surface of the photosphere due to lower temperatures than the surrounding temperature.
- 7. The ____ zone is where large bubbles of hot plasma move up towards the surface of the Sun.
- 8. In the Sun’s core, ____ atoms are fused to form helium atoms.
- 11. The Sun’s ____ is where thermonuclear reaction take place.
- 12. Solar _____ storm occurs when there is a large-scale magnetic eruption which accelerates charged particles in the solar atmosphere to very high velocities.
- 13. A _____ storm is a temporary disturbance of the Earth’s magnetosphere caused by a solar wind shock wave.
- 16. The outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.