Exam 7: The Sun

Solar prominences have twisted and looped shapes because of the solar magnetic field.

Explain how a photon is generated in the core of the Sun and how it is transported out from the Sun.

________ is (are) produced by atomic transitions in the presence of a strong magnetic field.

-The multicolored ring in the image above of Earth is a/an ___________.

-The above image of the Sun is a false-color image.

The ____________ force is involved in the radioactive decay of certain kinds of nuclear particles.

-The above image of a sunspot is taken in the visual wavelengths.

The solar neutrino experiments detect about twice as many neutrinos as theory predicts should be detected.

Energy is transported through the Sun by ______________ and _____________.

The number of sunspot cycles in a solar magnetic cycle is ___________.

Sunspots are hotter than the photosphere.

The Sun appears to rotate only because Earth is revolving about the Sun.

The capture of too few solar neutrinos by Davis in the solar neutrino experiment

The proton-proton chain needs high temperature because

What does the granulation tell us about the layers below the photosphere

The Sun's magnetic field is evident in the looped shapes of

Coronal holes are holes in the chromosphere to allow the solar wind to stream away from the Sun.

Granulation is caused by which energy transport

The ________ occurs when a rapidly rotating conductor is stirred by convection to produce a magnetic field.

A filtergram is used to study layers below the photosphere.