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CHAPTER 9
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Across
2. The dark regions seen on the surface of the Sun.
3. The charged gas particles collided with atoms and molecules in
Earth’s atmosphere.
7. The cycle on the sunspots that appear and disappear for 11
years known as the _______________.
8. Sunspots are the locations of very large _________________ in
the photosphere.
9. __________________ Mass Ejections is a huge cloud of plasma
that erupts from the Sun and occurs together with solar flares.
10. The photosphere in the Sun’s atmosphere is made up of
___________________________.
Down
1. ____________________ spout charged gas particles at high
speeds into outer space.
4. A huge loop or arched column of glowing gases over the sunspot
5. The Sun consists almost entirely of two types of gases,
____________________ and helium.
6. Chromosphere, Photosphere and ______________________
are the three layers of the Sun.