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It's called nuclear fusion.
It happens when the temperature is so high, the protons of the atoms in the sun get so agitated, they escape the atoms and they combine, or fuse, because the attractive nuclear force is greater than the repulsive electrostatic force. When they fuse, they release a positron and a neutrino. The resulting product is a hydrogen atom. When a hydrogen atom and a proton fuse together because of the immense heat in the sun, they release a gamma ray, and the next product is a helium isotope with one neutron. Now this reaction occurs like crazy in the sun, so there are lots of helium isotopes after this reaction. When two of these helium isotopes fuse, they release two protons, and the resulting product is a helium atom. This whole thing cycles again and again until the hydrogen atoms run out, and the only thing left is the helium atoms. So the sun fuses helium atoms, then it ultimately either burns out, explodes, or explodes and becomes a black hole.
The reason why radiation from the sun exists is because of the gamma rays produces in this cycle.
The reason why the sun gives off so much energy is that the ratio of Atomic Mass to mass number is lower the heavier the nucleus is, which is called a mass defect. So when lighter nuclei fuse into heavier nuclei, some mass is lost. And because of E=mc squared, we know that small amounts of mass can be exchanged with high amounts of energy. So the little mass lost in the mass defect fusion process is converted into high amaounts of energy.
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Through what kind of nuclear reaction does the sun produce energy?
Nuclear fusion is the process that occurs in the sun that produces energy. Hydrogen atoms are fused together to produce helium. As a result of that fusion, energy is released in the form of heat and light.
What energy transformation occurs in the sun?
The fusion of Hydrogen into Helium.
What energy transformation occurs in sun ray's shining down?
Heat
Why does a rainbow occur?
RAINBOW usually occurs because of the refletion of the light of the sun.
When a wet towel is left in the sun what is the process that dries it?
When a wet towel is left in the sun it eventually becomes dry, it is dried through the process of evaporation.
What is the Nuclear process that occurs in the core of the sun?
Nuclear fusion.
What process occurs when the sun heats water on the earths surface?
evaporation
Is a process that occurs as a result of the flow of energy along the Earth's surface due to the interaction with the sun?
Weathering is the process that occurs as a result of the flow of energy along the Earth's surface due to the interaction with the sun.
The process of fusion occurs naturally in which celestial body of the solar system?
the sun.
The process responsible for the enormous energy in the sun is?
Nuclear fusion is the process responsible for the enormous energy in the sun. Nuclear fusion occurs when Hydrogen is converted to Helium.
Identify the end products of the nuclear fusion process that occurs in the sun?
Helium plus released energy
Why does the sunlght make you snease?
In medically sneasing occurs when in our nose a reaction occurs and this reaction need a stimulas to occurs and when we look to sun light falls and sneasing occurs.and in this process our hearth stops for a secend
The process of fixing carbon dioxide into carbohydrates occurs in the what process?
Photosynthesis is where plants convert energy from the sun into chemical energy. The process of fixing carbon dioxide into a carbohydrate occurs during the Calvin Cycle stage of photosynthesis.
What is the suns core responsible for doing?
The sun's core is responsible for converting hydrogen into helium.... This process occurs at MILLIONS of degrees.
3 examples of evaporation?
Evaporation refers to the process of becoming vapor. Evaporation occurs when the sun heats up the earth surface. Evaporation also occurs when water is heated in a cooking vessel.
Type of chain reaction that makes the sun shines?
Nuclear fusion, in which protons slam into each other to create heavier nuclei, is the process that occurs in the sun's core to provide the massive energy that makes the sun shine.
When occurs when the sun is farthest north of the equator?
the solstice occurs when the sun is farthest north of the equator
