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    The Sun.: María Fernanda Oseguera García. Andrés Treviño Robles. Elizabeth Pérez Sepúlveda. Mariela Cárdenas Rodríguez

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    The document discusses the origin and structure of the Sun. It describes how the Sun formed from a cloud of gas and dust around 5 billion years ago and the balance of forces that allowed it to become a star. It then outlines the three main internal parts of the Sun - the core, radiative zone, and convective zone - and describes the layers of the Sun's atmosphere, including the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. Finally, it discusses the importance of the Sun as the primary source of energy for life on Earth and how its gravity keeps the planets in orbit.

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    The document discusses the origin and structure of the Sun. It describes how the Sun formed from a cloud of gas and dust around 5 billion years ago and the balance of forces that allowed it to become a star. It then outlines the three main internal parts of the Sun - the core, radiative zone, and convective zone - and describes the layers of the Sun's atmosphere, including the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. Finally, it discusses the importance of the Sun as the primary source of energy for life on Earth and how its gravity keeps the planets in orbit.

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    The document discusses the origin and structure of the Sun. It describes how the Sun formed from a cloud of gas and dust around 5 billion years ago and the balance of forces that allowed it to become a star. It then outlines the three main internal parts of the Sun - the core, radiative zone, and convective zone - and describes the layers of the Sun's atmosphere, including the photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. Finally, it discusses the importance of the Sun as the primary source of energy for life on Earth and how its gravity keeps the planets in orbit.

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    THE SUN.

    MARA FERNANDA OSEGUERA GARCA.


    ANDRS TREVIO ROBLES.
    ELIZABETH PREZ SEPLVEDA.
    MARIELA CRDENAS RODRGUEZ.
    INTRODUCTION.
    The Sun, is the star at the centre of our solar system and is responsible for the Earths climate and
    weather. The Sun is an almost perfect sphere with a difference of just 10km in diameter between the
    poles and the equator.

    ORIGIN.
    Less than 5 billion years ago, in a distant spiral arm of our galaxy, called the Milky Way, a small cloud of
    gas and dust began to compress under its own weight. Particles within the cloud's center (core) became
    so densely packed that they often collided and stuck (fused) together. The fusion process released
    tremendous amounts of heat and light which could then combat the compressing force of gravity;
    eventually, the two forces reached equilibrium. The balance of fusion reactions versus gravitational
    collapse which occurred in this little cloud is fondly referred to as a star, and this story is about the birth
    and life of the closest star to Earth, the Sun.

    PARTS.
    There are three main parts to the Sun's interior: the core, the radiative zone, and the convective zone.
    The core is at the center. It the hottest region, where the nuclear fusion reactions that power the Sun
    occur. Moving outward, next comes the radiative (or radiation) zone. Its name is derived from the way
    energy is carried outward through this layer, carried by photons as thermal radiation. The third and final
    region of the solar interior is named the convective (or convection) zone. It is also named after the
    dominant mode of energy flow in this layer; heat moves upward via roiling convection, much like the
    bubbling motion in a pot of boiling oatmeal.

    The boundary between the Sun's interior and the solar atmosphere is called the photosphere. It is what
    we see as the visible "surface" of the Sun. The photosphere is not like the surface of a planet; even if
    you could tolerate the heat you couldn't stand on it.

    The lower region of the solar atmosphere is called the chromosphere. Its name comes from the Greek
    root chroma (meaning color), for it appears bright red when viewed during a solar eclipse. A thin
    transition region, where temperatures rise sharply, separates the chromosphere from the vast corona
    above. The uppermost portion of the Sun's atmosphere is called the corona, and is surprisingly much
    hotter than the Sun's surface (photosphere). The upper corona gradually turns into the solar wind, a
    flow of plasma that moves outward through our solar system into interstellar space.


    IMPORTANCE.
    Our sun is a magnificent, life-giving force. While it's only considered a medium star by universal
    standards, thanks to our proximity to it, the sun supplies us with heat and light. It is the most basic
    source of energy for planet Earth; without it, neither people nor any other species would be able to
    survive. The sun is 1.3 million times larger than Earth. Because the sun is so big, it also produces a lot of
    gravity. The sun's strong gravitational pull is what keeps Earth and the other planets in our solar system
    in orbit.

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