Which Recently Discovered Fact About the Sun Might Have Some

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which recently discovered fact about the Sun might have some bearing on climate changes and the weather on Earth?

• A) The Sun's surface is oscillating up and down every 5 minutes.
• B) There are far fewer neutrinos emitted from the Sun than predicted.
• C) Solar wind seems to originate in cooler regions of the corona-the coronal holes-and their number varies month by month.
• D) The Sun's overall energy output depends on the 11-year sunspot cycle.

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Definitions:

Ml

Milliliter, a unit of volume in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a liter.

Pt

An abbreviation for "patient," the individual receiving medical care or assessment.

C

A general-purpose programming language that provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions.

Metric Unit

A standard unit of measure in the International System of Units (SI), used globally for scientific and standard measurements.