Chapter 22

  1. Also known as the sun god in roman mythology
    Sol
  2. Adjective which identifies anything having to do with the sun
    Solar
  3. Indicates anything having to do with astronomical objects
    Celestial
  4. ____ ______ (_ _) distance from the earth to the sun
    astronomical unit AU
  5. The diameter of the sun is approximately _____ ?
    1.4 million km (870,000 mi)
  6. hey filipe would you go to prom with me?
    yes yes or yes ?
  7. 93% of the suns energy output is in some form of light orĀ  _____ ______
    electromagnetic waves
  8. The entire span of EM waves emitted by the sun is the ____ _____
    solar spectrum
  9. Solar EM waves have wavelengths from many kilometers for radio waves to
    picometers
  10. Most of the solar spectrum is invisible to us though we can sense some of its waves as heat (_______)
    infrared waves
  11. Visible light wavelengths are measured in (nm) _____
    nanometers PS~~~ sorry If this sucks
  12. The innermost region is where the nuclear reactions that
  13. The visible surface of the sun is called the ____
    photosphere
  14. These mounds on the sun are called
    granules
  15. The chromosphere dispates into the _____
    corona
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Chapter 22
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