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| True or False: The Sun is considered an average star. |
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| What is the Sun's spectral type? |
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| Why does the Sun appear so bright when compared to similar stars? |
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| Only appears so bright because it is so close. |
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| The layer of the Sun's atmosphere above the apparent surface is the _____. |
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| The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere is called the ____ |
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| The termpersryre of the solar interior (increases/decreases) inward |
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| The apparent surface of the Sun is called the _____. What is the temperature and depth of this layer? |
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| photosphere. Temperature = 5800 Kelvin. Depth= 500 Km |
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| Near the photosphere, energy is transported (inward / outward) by ______. The visual consequenc of this is called _____. |
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| outward. Convection. Granulation |
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