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Chapter 24.1

The Sun

Solar System
    Sun is at its center
    Has eight other planets and other objects orbiting the sun

    Sun produces energy by nuclear fusion
    Hydrogen  changes into helium.

Sun's Layers
    Inner layers     Core (fusion here)
                            Radiation Zone
                            Convection Zone

    Outer layers    Photosphere (visible)
                            Chromosphere
                            Corona (visible during a solar eclipse)

Solar Storms
    Solar wind
    Prominences
    Sunspots
    Splar flares

Energy from the sun:
    sun  plants animals (primary) animals (secondary)  fossil fuels
 

This is a great link to diagrams and facts about the sun:
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_6.html

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_1.html

the aurora borealis

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