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| In astronomy, inferometry can be used to |
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| improve the angular resolution of telescopes |
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| The temperature of the photosphere is about |
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| What is the meaining of the solar constant? |
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| The amount of energy the Earth recieves per unit area and per unit time |
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| What two energy transport mechanisms, in order from outside the core to the surface, are found in the sun? |
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| The outward pressure of hot gas in the sun |
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| is balanced by the inward gravitational pressure |
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| The solar winds blow outwards from |
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| From inside out, what is the correct order for the structure of the Sun? |
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| radiative zoe, convection zone, chromosphere |
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| Visible sunspots lie in the |
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| granulation in the photosphere |
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| As the sun rotates an individual sunspot can be tracked across its face. From eastern to western limb this takes about |
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| The most striking example of solar variability was the |
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| Maunder Minimum from 1645 - 1715 |
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| come in pairs, representing the north and south magnetic fields |
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| During a period of high solar activity, the corona |
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| Sunspots are dark splotches on the sun. Which statement is true? |
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| They are extremely hot, but cooler than the surrounding areas of the sun |
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| While observing the sun, you note a large number of sunspots. What can you conclude? |
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| There are likely to be an above average number of flares and prominences |
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| The critical temperature to initiate the proton-proton cycle in the cores of stars is |
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| In the proton proton cycle, what happens to the lost mass? |
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| It is converted to energy |
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| The primary source of the sun's energy is |
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| the strong force fusing hydrogen into helium |
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| In the proton proton cycle the positron is |
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| Which is the net result of the proton proton chain? |
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| 4 protons = 1 helium 4 + 2 neutrinos + gamma rays |
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| Hydrogen burning by fusion reaction occrs only in the deep interior of the sun because |
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| the requisite conditions of high temperature and density occur |
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| What happens to protons produced by the nuclear reactions in the core of the sunÉ |
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| They collide with electrons, producing energy |
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| Which of these are not associated with the sun |
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