The Sun by Kendal Win https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun Kendal Win - Module 16 Assignment 3 en-us 2018-09-24 01:24:37 UTC 2024-06-17 06:36:05 UTC hello@padlet.com The Sun's Layers kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/303531009 Photo Credit: http://blog.relearningtoteach.com/2015/11/day-44-swedish-fusion.html]]> 2018-11-13 01:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/303531009 The Sun kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/303531170 Photo Credit: https://www.azernews.az/region/63312.html]]> 2018-11-13 01:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/303531170 Core kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312680962
  • the innermost layer of the Earth
  • where the Sun's energy comes from
  • where nuclear fusion occurs
  • hotter than 15 million degrees Kelvin
    • Credit: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-sun-core-rotates-faster-surface.html
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  • https://sciencing.com/suns-core-5371274.html
  • http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Spotlight/SunInfo/Core.html
  • https://www.windows2universe.org/sun/Solar_interior/Sun_layers/radiative_zone.html
  • http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Spotlight/SunInfo/Conzone.html
  • https://www.windows2universe.org/sun/atmosphere/photosphere.html
  • https://www.britannica.com/science/chromosphere
  • https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/chromos.shtml
  • https://www.britannica.com/science/corona-Sun
  • https://scied.ucar.edu/solar-corona
  • https://www.windows2universe.org/sun/atmosphere/sunspots.html
  • https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-is-a-solar-prominence
  • https://www.britannica.com/science/solar-prominence
  • https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-flares-radio-blackouts
  • https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/aurora/en/
    • ]]>     2018-12-09 18:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312684394     Radiative Zone kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312737369
  • between the core and convective zone
  • energy from nuclear fusion travels through it to get to the convective zone
  • tachocline separates it and the convective zones (the two layers rotate differently)
  • 5 million degrees Kelvin
    • Credit: http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/structure-of-the-sun.html
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  • 2 million degrees Kelvin
  • convection currents occur here
  • convection currents carry the energy to the Sun's surface
    • Credit: http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/structure-of-the-sun.html
    ]]>     2018-12-10 00:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312737449     Photosphere kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312737496
  • the surface of the Sun
  • can see sunspots
  • can see granules
  • densest part of the solar atmosphere
    • Credit: https://www.britannica.com/science/photosphere
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  • above the photosphere
  • can be more clearly seen during solar eclipses
  • means "color sphere"
  • lower atmosphere
    • Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosphere
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  • upper atmosphere
  • can be clearly seen during solar eclipses
  • 2 million degrees Kelvin
  • can also be seen using a coronagraph
    • Credit: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun-corona/en/
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  • planet sized dark spots on the surface of the Sun
  • aren't as hot as the area surrounding it
  • have a penumbra and umbra
  • caused by disturbances in the Sun's magnetic field
  • can last a few days to up to even months
    • Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot
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  • a large, bright feature extending from the surface of the Sun
  • "solar eruptions"
    • Credit: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-is-a-solar-prominence/
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  • eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun
    • Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_flare
    ]]>     2018-12-10 00:13:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312737866     Aurora kwalwayssmile17 https://padlet.com/kwalwayssmile17/the_sun/wish/312737903
  • a "light show" caused by the Sun
  • during a coronal mass ejection, the Sun releases a bubble of gas that travels through space very quickly
  • particles from this interact with the gases in our atmosphere, resulting in auroras
    • Credit: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180410.html
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