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Vocabulary
| helioseismology | luminosity | neutrino |
| nuclear fusion | proton-proton chain | solar neutrino problem |
- How does nuclear fusion produce energy?
- Why does nuclear fusion need high temperatures and densities?
- Why is it so hard to develop nuclear fusion as a dependable power source
on Earth?
- Why will chemical reactions or gravitational contraction not work for
powering the Sun?
- What is the net result of the nuclear fusion chain process? Why does
nature use the complicated chain process instead of a one-step fusion procedure?
- Where are neutrinos produced? What information can
they tell you about interior conditions in the Sun?
- What was the solar neutrino problem? How was the problem solved and what are the implications of that solution?
- How can you use pulsations of the Sun to find out about the structure and
composition of its interior?
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