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KOTA PUTRA
JALAN BUKIT KELUANG, 22200 BESUT
TERENGGANU
SCIENCE FORM 2
FORM: 2 B
i) The Sun
God
- the centre of our solar system
Characteristics of Measurement
The Sun
Size ( diameter) 1.4 million km
Mass 1.989 x 10 kg
30
Density 1.41 g cm ( compared with density of
water )
Surface temperature 6000 degree Celsius
Temperature of Sun’s 15 million degree Celsius
Core
Notes:
Earth
Earth
i) corona
ii) chromosphere
iii) photosphere
Characteristic of…
Corona…
Chromosphere…
corona
Celsius
Photosphere….
Sun’s Core…
atmosphere…
Few of phenomena that occur at the Sun’s atmosphere are
i) prominences
iii) Sunspots
and sunspot
Phenomena Descriptions
- an explosion of hot gas that shoots out from
light
Prominence
- can been seen near the edge of the Sun
deal of energy
- dark spots on the surface of the Sun’s
Sunspot
Photosphere
Celsius )
atmosphere
The effect of the phenomena on the surface
South Pole of the Earth and collide with gas molecules in the atmosphere
- as a result, colorful light that consist of green, yellow and red lights are
produced. These light that can be seen at night are called aurora
- the charged particles and radiation from the Sun like cosmic rays, X-rays
and gamma rays will collide with particles in the Earth’s atmosphere
generates energy
released
light energy
Sun is…
bright stars in the sky can been seen by naked eye at night
- Alpha Proxima is the second nearest star to earth. This star is situated about 4.2
Classification of stars
light years from Earth
- Sirius and Rigel are situated 8.6 and 900 light years respectively
from Earth
i) temperature
ii) size
iii) brightness
A star with very lo temperature is red in colour. A star that very hot
is blue in colour.
Supergiant star - very big star, 100 times bigger than the
Sun
sky that can be seen from Earth. The lower the magnitude value, the
Nebula -
up in nuclear reaction.
reaction stops
3. the outer parts of the star drift out into space leaving
produced
including light, that is close by, to it. Black hole also can’t
in the sky
- elliptical galaxies
- spiral galaxies
- irregular galaxies
Way.
Many scientist believe in the theory that the Universe begins
second.
of God.