What Is the Solar Wind

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Multiple Choice

What is the solar wind?

• A) constant flux of photons from the Sun's visible surface
• B) material from the corona, accelerated out into space
• C) storm of waves and vortices on the Sun's surface generated by a solar flare
• D) circulation of gases in the chromosphere, between the equator and the poles of the Sun

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

A statistical term describing events that cannot occur at the same time, indicating no overlap in outcomes.

Joint Probability

The likelihood of two events happening at the same time.

Conditional Probability

The probability associated with an event under the condition that a separate event has already transpired.

P(A And B)

The probability that events A and B both occur in a probabilistic experiment.