| A | B |
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| solar system | a system of planets or other bodies orbiting another star |
| photosphere | the surface of the sun |
| chromosphere | the atmosphere of the sun; located above the sun’s surface |
| corona | the outermost part of the sun; located above the chromosphere |
| sunspot | a dark spot on the surface of the sun; seems to be related to magnetic storms |
| facula | a bright cloud of gas on the sun’s surface; usually accompanies sunspots; plural—faculae |
| solar flare | a temporary flash created by solar storms that explode from the earth’s surface |
| solar prominence | huge stream of gas that extends past the sun’s atmosphere into the sun’s corona |
| solar wind | electrically charged particles from the sun, carried from the sun to earth’s atmosphere |
| aurora | the light show near earth’s pole that is caused by the solar wind and earth’s magnetic field |
