Solar Vocabulary

2. Center of the sun where the sun's energy is produced.
6. A loop of gas that protrudes from the sun's surface, linking parts of sunspot regions
9. Zone Layer of the sun where gas as plasma circulates in giant convectional loops.
11. the explosion of a dying supergiant star
13. Mass Ejection (CME's) Release large amounts of electromagnetic energies and solar particles into space.
14. Zone Very dense layer of sun that blocks energy. Where energy leaves the core as gamma rays.

1. Visible part of the sun we can see.
3. first stage of a stars formation
4. Cooler, dark spots of the photosphere of the sun with a strong magnetic field.
5. The sun's outer atmosphere, which can extend outward a distance equal to 10-12 times the diameter of the sun
7. Fusion When small nuclei join to make another nucleus. Hydrogen combines to form Helium and releases a lot of energy.
8. A large cloud of dust and gas in space
10. A large ball of gas made mostly of hydrogen and helium, held together by gravity.
12. Flares Giant eruptions on the sun's surface.