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SX07TR_CA8_CH14.fm Page 62 Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:08 AM Name ____________________________ Date ____________________ Class ____________ The Solar System The Sun Understanding Main Ideas Label the diagram of the sun below. 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. Building Vocabulary Match each term with its description by writing the letter of the correct description in the right column on the line next to the term in the left column. ____ 7. solar flare ____ 8. core ____ 9. chromosphere ____ 10. sunspot ____ 11. corona ____ 12. nuclear fusion a. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off visible light b. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that has a reddish glow c. the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that looks like a halo during an eclipse ____ 13. photosphere d. areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than the gases around them ____ 14. solar wind e. reddish loops of gas that link parts of sunspot regions ____ 15. prominence f. eruptions that occur when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect ____ 16. radiation zone ____ 17. convection zone g. a stream of charged particles produced by the corona h. the center of the sun i. the outermost layer of the sun’s interior j. the joining of hydrogen atoms to form helium k. the layer of the sun’s interior where energy is transferred mainly by electromagnetic radiation