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What is the most prominent layer of the sun?
a) Photosphere
b) Corona
c) Sun flares
d) Prominences

What part of the sun emits light and heat
a) Photosphere
b) Corona
c) Sunspots
d) Auroras

What are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the surrounding gases and therefore do not give off as much light?
a) Corona
b) Solar flares
c) Prominences
d) Sunspots

What part of the sun sends out solar winds?
a) Corona
b) Photosphere
c) Prominences
d) Auroras

When gases in the atmosphere glow due to solar winds, what forms at the poles?
a) Auroras
b) Prominences
c) Solar flares
d) Coronas

What protects Earth from solar winds?
a) Magnetic field
b) Solar flares
c) Prominences
d) Houses

Explosions of hot gases that occur when prominences connect are called
a) Solar flares
b) Sun spots
c) Coronal loops
d) Auroras

Prominences are usually located near
a) Sunspots
b) Coronas
c) Chromospere
d) Solar winds

What is the outermost layer of the sun?
a) Photosphere
b) Corona
c) Prominences
d) Solar winds

What part of the sun is blocked during a solar eclipse?
a) Photosphere
b) Corona
c) Solar winds
d) Auroras

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