The Sun

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Across
  1. 2. causes the granulation pattern on the sun's surface
  2. 4. the layer where heat travels from the core upwards through radiation
  3. 7. magnetic loops of plasma that connect sunspots
  4. 8. when 2 hydrogen atoms combine in nuclear fusion
  5. 11. areas of concentrated magnetic field lines
  6. 14. eruptions from sunspots that emit charged particles
  7. 15. superheated gas; the sun is this state of matter
  8. 16. the layer where nuclear fusion occurs
  9. 17. the only star in our solar system
Down
  1. 1. the layer where convection brings heat to the sun's surface
  2. 3. the upper layer of the sun's atmosphere
  3. 5. the lines of this become intertwined as the sun rotates
  4. 6. spike-like projections that come off the sun's atmospheric layers
  5. 9. the layer where the sun's energy is released as light
  6. 10. the process by which the sun gets energy
  7. 12. the middle layer that appears reddish; is only visible during solar eclipses
  8. 13. the marbled pattern that appears on the sun's surface