ATM 200 - Natural Disasters

Topic #4: Solar Storms

Monday, 7 December 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) Final Exam Review is Thursday, Dec. 10, at 2:45 PM in LC-18.

2) Final Exam is Dec. 17 at 10:30 AM (Bring #2 pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser.)

3) Final Exam: Final five lectures (videos too!), geography, and most missed

questions from Exams #1, #2 & #3. (Refer to most missed topics lists.)

4) Please complete the on-line MyUAlbany SIRF class evaluation (6151).

Song #1: “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow

Song #2: “Walking On Sunshine” by Katrina & the Waves

Text Source Today: none

· Sun Facts and Structure Notes Template

· Nuclear Fusion: p-p chain PDF DOC

· Sun’s Magnetic Field

· Sunspots, Solar Prominences, Solar Flares

· Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)

· Solar Superstorm, 1859; Quebec, 1989, Future Solar Storms?

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) What two elements make up more than 98% of the Sun’s mass?

2) Where and how is the Sun’s heat created? What is the “p-p chain”?

3) What is the source of the Sun’s strong magnetic field?

4) What causes the Sun’s magnetic field to become twisted? Consequences?

5) What are sunspots? Why do they appear dark? Why an 11-year cycle?

6) What are the differences between solar prominences and solar flares?

7) What is a coronal mass ejection (CME) and what makes them dangerous?

8) Key Facts: Solar Superstorm 1859; Quebec, 1989

9) Why would a massive CME preferentially devastate high-tech countries?