Learning Goals

Studying this chapter will enable you to

	Summarize the overall properties of the Sun.
	Outline the process by which energy is produced in the Sun’s interior.
	Explain how energy travels from the solar core, through the interior, and out into space.
	Name the Sun’s outer layers and describe what those layers tell us about the Sun’s surface composition and temperature.
	Discuss the nature of the Sun’s magnetic field and its relationship to the various types of solar activity.
	Explain how observations of the Sun’s core challenge our present understanding of fundamental physics.