The Sun

• What is the center of the solar system?

  The Sun
• The sun is a medium sized star
• What is the diameter of the Sun?

  1,400,000km
• What is the distance of the Sun from the Earth?

  149,600,000km
• What is the temperature at the Center of the Sun?

  15,000,000 Degrees Celsius
• What is the outermost layer of the Sun called?

  Corona
• What is the visible layer of gases on the Sun's surface called?

  Photosphere
• Which layer of the Sun lies above the photosphere?

  Chromosphere
• What is the innermost layer of the Sun?

  Core
• What do you call the passage for all the energy that is released at the core?

  Radiative Zone
• What is the outmost layer of the Sun?

  Convection Zone
• What do you call the dark area found in the Photosphere?

  Sunspots
• Why do Sunspots appear dark?

  It is because they are cooler than the rest of the Sun
• Solar flares stream off the Sun
• Prominences look like loops