1. 8.E.4B.6 Notes

2. Sun Spots
Area of gas on the Sun that are cooler than the surrounding gases and therefore do not give off as much light and appear as dark blemishes on the photosphere
These spots are studied to determine how changes in Solar activity are affecting life on Earth.

3. Prominences
Huge , looping eruptions of gas, usually near sunspots, that arch out from the photosphere into the outer layers of the Sun’s atmosphere

4. Solar Flares
Explosions of hot gas that occur when prominences connect. They shoot from the Sun’s surface releasing tremendous amounts of energy into space.

5. CME’s Coronal Mass Ejections Large Solar Flares
Sends solar particles into space
Disrupt radio, telephone, and television signals

6. Auroras
Form when charged particles cause the gases in the atmosphere to glow