What Is the Difference Between a "Filament" and a "Prominence

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a "filament" and a "prominence"?

• A) A filament is a crack in the photosphere, while a prominence is an outflow of gas into the corona.
• B) Filaments are the openings through which charged particles escape the Sun to become the solar wind. Prominences are the clouds of charged particles on their way off the Sun.
• C) Prominences are the outflow of particles from the Sun's poles. Filaments are dark bands around the Sun's equator.
• D) Filaments and prominences are two views of the same phenomenon.

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