Name_______________________________________________________________ Date__________ Per ____

Parts of the Sun

Select the term that best completes each sentence. Write your answer in the space provided.

Atmosphere Core Corona Photosphere Chromosphere

Gases Energy Hydrogen Helium Nuclear Fusion

1. The sun is a large ball of hot _______________________________________.

2. The most numerous gas in the sun is _______________, it is the fuel of the sun.

3. The center of the sun is the _________________________.

4. The apparent bright yellow surface of the sun is the __________________________________.

5. The core is the sun's source of _____________________________.

6. The reaction that fuels the sun is ___________________________________________ .

7. The least dense layer of the sun's atmosphere is the ___________________________________,

it is sometimes compared to a vacuum because the molecules are so far apart.

8. The force of gravity causes 4 Hydrogen nuclei (2H+2H =? + energy) to fuse forming the

element ________________ & energy we perceive as light/heat.

9. The layer below the Corona is the __________________________________.

10. The two main parts of the sun are the core & the_____________________________.
 Solar Features

Select the term that best completes each sentence. Write your answer in the space provided.

Photosphere Umbra Granules Penumbra

Prominence Chromosphere Sunspots

1. Dark cooler areas found on the sun's apparent bright yellow surface are ___________________.

2. Filaments are dark cooler areas in the ___________________________.

3. The lighter outer rim of a sunspot is called the _____________________.

4. A _______________________________is a filament seen on the edge of sun; it appears brighter when seen

on this angle because of the darkness of space behind it.

5. Cells of hot rising and sinking gases, seen on the photosphere are ______________________.

6. The darker center region of a sunspot is called the ______________________.

7. Sunspots appear in the layer of the sun called the __________________________.