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1. The sunspots on the Sun are:
holes cooler areas hotter areas

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2. The temperature of sunspots is:
10,000 degrees celsius 3,000 degrees celsius 15,000 degrees celsius

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3. Sunspots revolve with the Sun. After they disappear they reappear...
they don't reappear in 4 weeks in 2 weeks

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4. A sunspots entire rotation period is ___ at the equator and the poles:
the same different 27 days

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5. Sunspots are:
escaping gas holes in the atmosphere areas of magnetic activity

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6. The first astronomer to observe sunspots was:
Abbot Galileo Wolf

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7. The sunspot cycle is approximately ___ long:
20 years 7 years 11 years

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8. Two parts of sunspots are:
corona & chromosphere corona & umbra umbra & penumbra

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