How are sunspot related to promonence and solar flares?

Answer 1

They all occur from the Sun's magnetic fields. The intense magnetic fields associated with sunspots might cause prominences, which are huge, arching columns of gas. Gases near sunspots sometimes brighten suddenly, shooting outwards at high speeds. These violent eruptions are called solar flares.

Answer 2

he sun (as all stars) is a giant ball of plasma where nuclear transmutations and fusion are continuously occurring generating massive amounts of energy which when combined with the enormous amount of plasma and ionized material and gravity from that amount of mass yield amazingly complex reactions of magnetic field productions, plasma emission, plasma convection, audioplasma effects, and atomic collisions; basically, the causes of solar flares and sunspots can be approximated by saying magnetic fields store up energy (sunspot) and then release it in a burst of plasma (solar flare) but the deeper physics of what is going on is way to complex to explain on yahooanswers.

in general however, the sun follows an 11 year cycle with peak/high of solar activity occurring approximately every 11 years with the next one predicted in early 2013

as for dangers here on earth, the biggest danger would be another Carrington-type event as occurred in 1859 when the sun spewed out such strong solar flares that atmospheric EMP's were produced and power and telegraph lines burned out and exploded everywhere; if something like that happened again with society's dependence today on modern electronics, the result would be devastating with nationwide power outages lasting weeks, possiblys month and all non-shielded electronics completely destroyed

Answer 3

to much heat

Answer 4

They're not related.