1,400,000 KM

1,200,000 KM

1,600,000 KM

1.4 million KM

1,800,000 KM

170,000,000 KM (10AU)

160,000,000 KM (1AU)

150,000,000 KM (1AU)

170,000,000 KM (1AU)

150,000,000 KM (10 AU)

160,000,000 KM (10AU)

Oxygen 21%

Nitrogen 78%

Hydrogen 25%

Hydrogen 75%

Helium 25%

Oxygen 75%

Oxygen 25%

Traces of other elements

Methane 30%

Argon 1%

Helium 75%

5800 K

Core

Radiation Zone

Photosphere

Corona

Visible surface

3800 K

True

False

False

True

Only during a Solar eclipse

Like a Fried egg - Very dark black yolk (PENUMBRA)

Like a Fried egg - white of 'egg' less dark than yolk- UMBRA

Penumbra is 200K hotter than the photosphere - 6000K

Penumbra is 200K cooler than the photosphere - 5600K

Umbra is 2000K hotter than 5800K of photosphere (7800k)

Umbra is 2000K cooler than 5800K of photosphere (3800k)

Like a Fried egg - Very dark black yolk (UMBRA)

Like a Fried egg - white of 'egg' less dark than yolk- PENUMBRA

True

False

Localised magnetic fields inhibit the uypward motion of convecting solar material and prevent if from reaching the top of the photosphere, resulting in lower temperatures.

Lack of Factor 30

Poor Skin routines

Localised magnetic fields enhance the upward motion of convecting solar material and make it hotter at the photosphere, resulting in a sun spot

The poles take 25 days to rotate.

The Sun rotates as a solid body.

The equator takes 36 days to rotate.

The poles take 36 days to rotate.

The Sun doesn’t rotate as a solid body.

The equator takes 25 days to rotate.

The relative number of sunspots follows a regular 14 year pattern called the Solar cycle.

The relative number of sunspots follows a regular 11 year pattern called the Solar cycle.

The relative number of sunspots follows a regular 13 year pattern called the Solar cycle.

The relative number of sunspots follows a regular 12 year pattern called the Solar cycle.

The relative number of sunspots follows a regular 15 year pattern called the Solar cycle.

Marauder Minimum

Maunder Minimum

Maunder Maximum

Marauder Maximum

Sun spot activity will increase and then decrease over the cycle

None of the above relate to a Butterfly diagram

As the solar cycle progresses, there are more spots but their positions drift towards the equator.

A Butterfly diagram is a graph of the latitude of a sun spot on the sun’s surface.

At the beginning of a solar cycle there are a few sunspots at 35 to 40 degrees north and south.

Mostly Electrons and Protons

Some Helium Ions

Fast wind originates from coronal holes at the poles - Magnetic field lines here are open so particles can escape the sun more easily.

A steady stream of charged particles from the core

A steady stream of charged particles from the corona

Mostly Quarks and Atoms

Two types 1) Slow (400km/s) 2) Fast (850km/s)

There is only 1 speed of Solar Wind