The Sun's Surface Seethes and Churns with a Bubbling Pattern

question 4

Multiple Choice

The Sun's surface seethes and churns with a bubbling pattern. Why?

• A)The Sun's surface is boiling.
• B)The churning is an illusion created by varying radiation, as the gas on the Sun's surface is actually quite still.
• C)We are seeing hot gas rising and cool gas falling due to the convection that occurs beneath the surface.
• D)The churning gas is being stirred up by the strong solar wind.

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Definitions:

Variability

Variability refers to the extent to which data points in a distribution differ from each other and from the mean of the distribution.

First Quartile

The median of the lower half of a dataset, also called the lower quartile.

Positively Skewed Distribution

A probability distribution that is asymmetric with a longer tail on the right side, indicating that the mean and median are greater than the mode.

Smallest Observation

The smallest observation, also known as the minimum value, is the lowest value in a set of data points.