1. Sun Vocabulary

2. Process and Purpose This power point is supposed to be used as a resource to help you learn the vocabulary of what we are studying. Each vocab term will have three slides dedicated to it. – 1 st Slide: Book definition – 2 nd Slide: Definition in your own words – 3 rd Slide: Personal Connection (pictures and graphics to help you understand the vocabulary.)

3. Vocabulary Words Core Nuclear Fusion Radiation Zone Convection Zone Photosphere Chromosphere Corona Solar Wind Sunspot Prominence Solar Flare

5. I’ll do one for you!! Chromosphere: Layer of hot gas directly above the photosphere. Along with the Corona, the chromosphere creates the sun’s atmosphere

6. Me, continued… Chromosphere: (in my own words) part of the sun’s atmosphere. It is not solid, but a gas layer above the surface of the sun.

7. Me, last time… Personal Connection: Chromosphere