Review Questions for Lecture 4
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Review Terms
Solar Flares
Solar Prominences
Active Regions
Maunder minimum
Solar Minimum
Solar Maximum
Sunspots
Solar Cycle
Solar Wind
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Solar Interior
Granule
Supergranulation
Convection Cells
Review Concepts
Draw a diagram of the three main layers of the solar atmosphere.
What are the approximate temperature of these three layers?
What can't we see through the Sun? What is the photosphere and why is it
important?
How big is the Sun compared to Earth? How many Earth's could fit inside
the Sun?
What is the effective surface temperature of the Sun?
What is a Sunspot? Why is it darker than the surrounding photosphere?
What is the Solar Cycle? How long does it take for one cycle to complete?
What changes do we observe in sunspots during one cycle?
What is limb darkening? Why does it occur?