Features of the SUN
Sunspots
Solar Flare
Prominence
Solar Wind
Dark
Cool
Patches
on the
Photosphere
Burst of extra light from the
sun
LOOPS of gas
that
shoot out of the sun
thousands of Km
above the sun
A stream of charged particles
from the sun.
11 year cycles
Interferes with
RADIO Signals
and causes
POWER SURGES
on Earth
Solar Wind
reacts with gases near
Earth’s poles
to create the
Aura Borealis
Northern Lights
The Sun
LAYERS of the SUN
 Our Closet STAR – 93 million miles
from Earth
Core
The center of the sun where
ENERGY is made
Photosphere
Surface of the sun 6000 ◦C
Hydrogen
Core
 75% Hydrogen and 25% Helium
 Core Temperature = 15 million ◦C
Chromosphere First layer of sun’s
atmosphere – layer of
glowing gases surrounding
the sun – can be seen during
solar eclipse
 Surface Temperature = 5,000 ◦C
 Diameter 107 times larger than Earth
 Sun’s matter is gas and plasma (dense
packed charged particles)
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Corona
J. Hoffmann Notes/ J. Haugh Visual Notes/ Google Images/ X:Drive Graphic Org. Earth Science
Corona
Suns outer atmosphere can
be seen during solar eclipse
Core / Photo/ Chromo/ Corona = CPCC