report on their views of the Sun.
2. Draw a neat diagram showing the main regions of the Sun: photosphere,
chromosphere, transition zone, corona, convection zone, radiation zone and
3. Briefly describe each of the main features of the sun:
4. Describe how is the Sun's total energy measured.
5. What is meant by convection?
6. Explain two facts that are evidence of solar convection.
7. What are the temperatures of the solar surface and the solar core?
8. Name the main elements of the Sun's composition and their relative abundance.
9. Describe how energy generated in the solar core eventually reaches Earth.
10. Visit the Sunspots website and make a detailed summary of the Modern
Research section including: anatomy of sunspots, location, sun's
magnetism and sunspot cycles.
11. Visit the Solar Flares website and answer these questions: a. What is a solar flare? b. Why study solar flares? c. What impact do solar flares have on human activities? d. Describe how coronal mass ejections may influence life on Earth.
This website is from the Solar Physics Group at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. These pages contain sections on Solar Physics News Stories, Solar Structure, Solar Features and Sun in Action.
Very comprehensive site about the Sun with information about structure and characteristics, missions to the Sun etc.
An excellent multimedia tour of the Sun.
These pages are about solar flares, the biggest explosions in the solar system. General information about solar flares, scientific research into the energetic emissions from flares and a glance into the future of solar flare research.
An article about the sun's sizzling corona.
Characteristics, facts and links to images.
Everything you want to know about Sunspots.
These pages contain information about: composition, luminosity, stellar
spectra and classification of the Sun as a star.
Short article on the formation of the Sun.
Brief page with data on the Sun.
This website contains 12 x-ray images of the sun were taken every 120 days between 1991 and 1995. They show a dramatic change in the sun's magnetic
field over that period.