SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

THE SUN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Solar Prominence
A
Quick burst of gas into the solar system
B
Loop of gas that connects sun spots
C
Hot gas moving into Earth’s atmosphere
D
Breaks power lines
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun’s surface, often in a loop shape. Prominences are anchored to the Sun’s surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plasma flows along closed magnetic field lines in the corona that pull it back toward the solar surface, forming structures that appear to loop. Wikipedia/Coronal loop. Coronal loops are ropey, curving strands of plasma that appear as arcs above the Sun’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solar prominences are the plasma loops that connect two sunspots. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are eruptions of highly energetic particles that can erupt from the Sun’s surface and cause problems with power grids and communications on Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The red-glowing looped material is plasma, a hot gas comprised of electrically charged hydrogen and helium. The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun’s internal dynamo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Prominences are bright gas clouds ejected from the sun and shaped by the sun’s magnetic field. They appear as spikes, loops, “trees, ‘’ detached regions, and more when they occur at the sun’s edge as seen from Earth.

Detailed explanation-6: -Answer and Explanation: The common cause of sunspots, flares, and prominences on the Sun is the Sun’s magnetic field. Sunspots are darkish areas on the surface of the Sun which form in areas where there are very strong magnetic fields.

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