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1. | massive clouds of plasma ejected from the Sun |
2. | The Sun’s powerful _________ keeps the planets in orbit |
3. | the sunspots hit their peak every ________ years. |
4. | flame like structures extending above the photosphere for short periods of time |
5. | This is between the core and convection zone. |
7. | a continuous flow of particles that blows past the earth |
8. | our star |
10. | the color sphere. Temps can reach 20,000 K |
12. | cool clouds of H gas above the sun's photosphere in the corona |
13. | Our sun is made of 70% ______________ and 28% Helium |
14. | about how many times wider is the sun compared to the earth? |
16. | This protects us from some ultra-violet, and most x-rays and gamma rays |
17. | temps are only 6,200F (very cool).They are dark and small. |
18. | In a few Billion years our star will become a __________ |
19. | the crown, above the chromosphere, seen only during eclipses |
21. | the color of our sun |
22. | Electrons from solar wind are captured by the Earth’s magnetic field |