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| refers to the sun as the "greater light to rule the day" |
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sun is not at the center
it is about 3/5 of the way between the center and the edge |
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| sun's distance from the earth |
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| moon's size in relation to the sun |
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| moon appears as large as the sun because the moon is much closer to the earth than the sun |
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| most of the sun's energy travels in the form of these |
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| travels in the form of neutrinos, which travel at the speed of light |
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| distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave |
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| the shortest wavelength of all rays emitted by the sun |
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| can detect rays of.0004mm to .0007mm |
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| a series of thousands of microscopic lines that produce a spectrum much like that produced by a prism |
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instrument used to see the patterns of lines as seen in elements
also identifies chemical elements in an incandescent light source by Astronomers |
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| is sunlight that raindrops have separated into its component colors |
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| color best seen by the human eye |
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| most abundant element in the sun |
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| second most abundant element in the sun |
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| number of identified elements in the sun |
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| visible surface of the sun |
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| what scientist believe about granules |
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| seething masses of hot plasma rising from the sun |
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| small dark areas of the sun's surface |
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| disappearance and appearance of sunspots |
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| shows the earth's rotation |
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| cooler that the photosphere surrounding them |
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| average maximum of a sunspot |
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| layer of the earth's atmosphere where there is an abundance of ionized particles |
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| outer (lighter) part of a sunspot |
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| inner (darker) part of a sunspot |
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| usually last from a few days to a few weeks |
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| when more ionizing takes place in the atmosphere radio waves are reflected better |
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solar flares (severe solar storms)
0r Coronal mass ejection |
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| can hinder radio waves on earth |
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| instrument used by astronomers to produce an artificial solar eclipse when observing the sun's atmosphere |
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| temperature of the corona |
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| higher that the temperature of the photosphere |
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chromosphere (lower level) has pointed jets called spicules
corona (outer layer) into which prominences arise |
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| streams of plasma material that rise up and descend from the sun's corona |
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| flow of mostly protons and neutrons |
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core
radiative zone
convective zone |
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innermost part of the sun where thermonuclear reactions take place
hydrogen atoms combine to make helium |
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innermost part of the sun where thermonuclear reactions take place
hydrogen atoms combine to make helium |
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| where the energy travels as electromagnetic waves |
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| where hot plasma rises to the surface, cools,and descends into the sun's interior |
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| no scientific evidence that stars are forming in this |
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Heb. 1:11
"the heavens are wearing out like a garment" |
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| the sun is losing matter- it is wearing away |
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| heating in homes and businesses |
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| disadvantage to solar energy |
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| it is diffuse (spread out) |
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