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| Question | Answer |
| during a total solar eclipse, what feature of the sun becomes visible | corona |
| where is the corona located | at the edge of the suns atmosphere |
| suggest why collaboration amongst the scientific organisations is crucial | collaboration between different organisations is important when projects include huge expense and/or technical knowledge |
| packets of energy are called photons. because of the size of the sun it should only take a few seconds for photons from its centre to reach its surface.but the journey takes billions of years. why is this? | the photons collide with super dense gas and have so many collisions that it takes them billions of years rather than seconds. |
| what is released into space as a result of the violent fluctuations in the suns magnetic field | huge amounts of radiation and charged particles |
| every 11 years the suns activity peaks- this is known as a solar maximum. highly energetic matter surges towards earth a- what does this disrupt on earth b- what else does it produce | a- power grids b- auroras |
| starts are huge spheres of (1) which emit heat and light due to (2, 3) reactions that occur in their core. the (4) is another example of a star. | 1- gas 2, 3- nuclear fusion 4- sun |
| planets are large astronomical objects which (1) around a star. the force of (2) holds them in orbit. | 1- revolve 2- gravity |
| a solar system is a (1, 2, 3) orbiting a central star. the system includes any (4) orbiting the planets | 1, 2, 3- group of planets 4- moons |
| i am so (1). my name is (2). studying is (3) and (4). | 1- bored 2- sienna 3- boring 4- relentless |
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