Physics

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The Sun's magnetic field is evident in the looped shapes of a. solar flares. b. sunspots. c. ... Started by amal	3 Replies 104 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by cdmart10
Sunspots are dark because a. regions of the photosphere are obscured by material in the ... Started by student77	1 Replies 65 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by JCABRERA33
The centers of granules a. are hot material rising to the photosphere from below. b. are cool ... Started by anshika	1 Replies 95 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by briseldagonzales
Which of the following is evidence that convection occurs in the layers just below the Sun's ... Started by biggirl4568	1 Replies 41 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by lkoler
As the Moon covers the solar disk during a solar eclipse, a flash spectrum of the Sun's chromosphere ... Started by BrownTown3	3 Replies 80 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by orangecrush
A recent sunspot maximum occurred in 2013 . What is the year of the sunspot maximum that immediately ... Started by ec501234	1 Replies 63 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by jxjsniuniu
________ is (are) produced by atomic transitions in the presence of a strong magnetic field. a. ... Started by student77	1 Replies 70 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by momolu
A ________ is believed to occur when energy, stored in a twist in the solar magnetic field above a ... Started by tichca	1 Replies 88 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by Joc
Sunspots a. are cooler than their surroundings. b. are regions where material is rising from ... Started by Brittanyd9008	3 Replies 70 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by lgoldst9
The ________ is (are) the hot gases that are the moving extension of the Sun's corona. a. ... Started by Bernana	1 Replies 51 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by BUTTHOL369
The corona of the Sun can be observed a. during a lunar eclipse. b. with a coronagraph. c. ... Started by ts19998	1 Replies 35 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by eliasc0401
The proton-proton chain needs high temperature because a. of the ground state energy of the ... Started by kamilo84	1 Replies 92 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by ndhahbi
Which of the following is suggested as the best explanation of the missing solar neutrinos? a. ... Started by altibaby	3 Replies 94 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by sokh
In the proton-proton chain a. no neutrinos are produced. b. energy is released because a helium ... Started by colton	1 Replies 237 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by katkat_flores
The capture of too few solar neutrinos by Davis in the solar neutrino experiment a. can be ... Started by sheilaspns	1 Replies 78 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by jgranad15
The United States consumes 2.5 1019 J of energy each year. A typical solar flare releases 5.0 1024 ... Started by arivle123	1 Replies 73 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by Ptupou85
If a sunspot has a temperature of 4,500 K and the surrounding solar surface has a temperature of ... Started by Evvie72	3 Replies 169 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by sarah_brady415
The intensity of a sunspot is found to be 3 times smaller than the intensity emitted by the solar ... Started by Pineappleeh	1 Replies 305 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by ju
If the spectrum of a sunspot shows that it has a maximum intensity at 650 nm, what is the ... Started by cabate	1 Replies 91 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by KKcool
What is the explanation for the pattern of granulation seen on the visible surface of the Sun? a. ... Started by nenivikky	1 Replies 51 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by sarah_brady415
The gas motions within granules on the solar surface are a. upward in the centers of some cells ... Started by kwoodring	3 Replies 69 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by HandsomeMarc
What are the three layers of the Sun's atmosphere, in order of increasing distance from the surface? ... Started by dejastew	1 Replies 97 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by isabelt_18
The rotation of the Sun's photosphere is a. fastest at the equator, slower at mid-latitudes, and ... Started by jessicacav	1 Replies 81 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by anyusername12131
Why is the temperature at the region of a sunspot cooler than the photosphere? a. They are holes ... Started by ec501234	1 Replies 69 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by reversalruiz
In some regions of the corona, the magnetic field does not loop back to the Sun, and the gas escapes ... Started by fasfsadfdsfa	3 Replies 105 Views	Jul 27, 2018 by mistyjohnson