Astro 201: Exercise 9: The Sun

Define:

  1. Chromosphere:

  2. Corona:

  3. Photosphere:

  4. Granulation; granule:

  5. Hydrogen "burning:"

  6. Prominence:

  7. Sunspot:

  8. Flare:

  9. Spicule:

  10. Solar/sunspot cycle:

  11. Thermonuclear fusion:

  12. proton-proton chain:

  13. In E=mc2, E stands for:

  14. In E=mc2, m stands for:

  15. In E=mc2, c stands for:

  16. Philosophically, what does E=mc2 state?
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