The Solar System- Ch 3-1 and 3-2 Review

Areas of gas on the sun's surface that are COOLER than the GASSES around them are sunspots.

The heliocentric system is when the sun is at the center of the solar system.

What is the 1st planet next to the sun?

What were those points of lights (wanderers) called?

Nuclear fusion is when 2 atoms of HYDROGEN fuse together

The layer of the sun's atmosphere that has a REDDISH glow is the:

When the EARTH is in the center of the solar system, it is called __________

What are the 3 layers of the sun's atmosphere?

Magnetic storms are where there is an increase in solar wind caused by eruptions of the sun called _____

What are the 3 interior layers of the sun?

What did Ptolemy believe about the solar system?

Energy transferred from the CORE to the CONVECTION ZONE must go through which one?

Copernicus said that the sun is at the center of the solar system.

The sun is a huge hot ball of gas.

The joining of hydrogen and helium results in nuclear fusion in the sun's core.

The 6th planet from the sun is ___________

What is the layer of the sun that you SEE?

Geo means sun.

Nuclear fusion occurs in the sun's CORE.

What is the 3rd planet from the sun?