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Q: What blotches on the Sun's surface that appear darker than surrounding regions?
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What are the blotches on the Sun's surface that appear darker than surrounding regions?

sunspots


What makes the sunspots?

Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. They correspond to concentrations of magnetic field that inhibit convection and result in reduced surface temperature compared to the surrounding photosphere.


Sunspots appear dark because they are?

They are cooler than the surrounding surface of the sun.


Why does sunspot appear black when observed on earth?

Sunspots are actually the colder regions on the sun's surface, due to which comparatively less radiations are emitted by these regions than the rest of the surface of the sun. That is why they appear to be black.


Do the earthquakes appear to occur all over earths surface or only in isolated regions?

Earthquakes occur all over earths surface because isolated regions are ice and for example California is not ice it is heat


What is eximia?

Eczema is a skin condition of which the skin turns dry and there appear to be red blotches on parts of the body.


What is the function of the sunspot?

Sunspots can be defined as a short-term phenomenon on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. They are caused by intense magnetic action, which inhibits convection by an effect comparable to the eddy current brake forming areas of reduced surface temperature. They usually appear as pairs, with each sunspot having the opposite magnetic pole to the other.


What are the dark spots on the surface of the Sun that represent areas of cooler temperatures called?

Sunspots are dark areas on the sun's surface that are cooler than the surrounding area.


What are molten substances that appear at the surface of earth?

The molten substances that appear at the surface of the earth is magma or lava


Where do Auroras appear?

In the northern and southern polar regions.


When a ray of white light hits an opaque surface with red orange yellow green and violet what colors will the surface appear?

The surface will appear white.


What planet is thought to have had liquid water in the past?

it's widely believed that Mars once had liquid water on its surface. The polar regions have been confirmed as ice, and there are 'tracks' on the surface of Mars. These tracks appear to indicate that something (ie large boulders) has moved across the surface, leaving a 'trail' behind them.