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nmorano1

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Describe the transport of energy, from the deep interior of the Sun, to when it finally reaches the Earth. Include the various methods of transport.
 
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Question 2

The Sun will exhaust its nuclear fuel in about
 
  A) 5000 AD.
  B) 5 million years.
  C) 5 billion years.
  D) 50 billion years.



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Answer to Question 1

Energy is produced in the core. It enters the radiative zone, where it moves as radiation. As it gets further out from the center, the gas gets less ionized and so more opaque to radiation. In this region the energy moves by convection, with hot gas physically rising through the Sun. When it reaches the surface, or photosphere, the low density makes the Sun transparent, and the energy escapes as light.

Answer to Question 2

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