SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The layer directly above the photosphere is called the ____
A
chromosphere
B
corona
C
core
D
radiative zone
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chromosphere-The chromosphere is a layer in the Sun between about 250 miles (400 km) and 1300 miles (2100 km) above the solar surface (the photosphere).

Detailed explanation-2: -The outermost layer is called the corona. This layer rises from just above the chromosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lower region of the Sun’s atmosphere is called the chromosphere. It was named after the Greek root chroma (meaning color). The chromosphere appears bright red because the hydrogen in the Sun emits a reddish-colored light at high temperatures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Around the core lie two layers: a thick layer called the radiative zone and a thinner, cooler layer called the convective zone. Surrounding all of them is the sun’s surface layer, known as the photosphere. Above this lies the sun’s thin atmosphere, which is made up of the chromosphere and the corona.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definition: Chromosphere is a reddish and glowing layer of gas above a star’s (or Sun’s) photosphere. It is actually the transition between corona and the photosphere. Out of the three layers of the Sun’s atmosphere, chromosphere is the second one (with photosphere being the first layer and corona as the third).

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