[DOC] [TLE] 14_Testbank.doc [PAR] Answer: D. 4) What two forces are balanced in what we call gravitational 
equilibrium? ... 17) How do human-built nuclear power plants on Earth generate 
energy? A) chemical ... Answer: B. 19) At the center of the Sun, fusion converts 
hydrogen into ..... C) The Sun initially began making energy through chemical 
reactions. [DOC] [TLE] How the Sun Shines - Nobelprize.org [PAR] Jun 29, 2000 ... How does the sun produce the vast amount of energy necessary to support life 
on earth? ... Even at the great distance between the earth and the sun, sunshine 
will melt .... This burning of hydrogen into helium would (according to Einstein's 
.... we believe that the process by which stars like the sun generate... [DOC] [TLE] How Does The Sun Produce Energy? - Universe Today [PAR] Dec 12, 2015 ... Have you ever wondered how the Sun produces energy to keep us warm here on 
Earth? ... But for the time being, Earth remains the only place that we know of that 
... The net result is the fusion of four protons (hydrogen molecules) into ... is 
needed to transfer the intense heat generated in the core outward. [DOC] [TLE] The Sun's Energy [PAR] We know that the sun is a sphere of diameter 1,400,000 km, that its outer ... fire is 
a region of gases at a temperature high enough to generate heat and light. .... the 
fusion reactions being studied as a possible source of electrical energy on earth. 
... The hydrogen atoms separate into protons and electrons, and these particles... [DOC] [TLE] NASA's Cosmicopia -- Ask Us -- Sun [PAR] Jun 18, 2012 ... Amount of Energy the Earth Gets from the Sun .... Is it really so rigid that we can 
call it an 11 year cycle? .... During this part, the Sun "burns" hydrogen into helium 
(fusion), which is ..... So it is electric currents moving through the plasma of the 
Sun and the molten rock of the Earth's interior that generate the... [DOC] [TLE] Sun - Wikipedia [PAR] The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere 
of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via 
a dynamo process. It is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth
. ... After hydrogen fusion in its core has stopped, the Sun will undergo severe... [DOC] [TLE] Q & A: How long would we have if the Sun went out?  Starts With A ... [PAR] Jul 12, 2010 ... Instead, it's ultra-high-energy gamma radiation, which will either give you ... If the 
Sun suddenly stopped fusing hydrogen into heavier elements, here's ... If the core 
stopped producing heat through some fusion-stopping ... Sunshine ..... streams (
places even more water in the steam engine we call home),... [DOC] [TLE] How the Sun Shines - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory [PAR] of sunshine in all of human life in his 1833. Treatise on ... standing of how the 
Sun shines, beginning with the nineteenth-century ... discoveries in fundamental 
physics led to a theory of nuclear-energy ... generated by 
100,000,000,000,000,000 ... are we to think of such geological .... hydrogen 
nuclei (1H, protons) into a. [DOC] [TLE] 24. Questions and Answers About the Sun | High Altitude Observatory [PAR] What is the Sun made of?  answer. The Sun is made ... How far away is the Sun
?  answer. The Sun is very ... Why do we study the Sun?  answer. Without the... [DOC] [TLE] Power equivalent to the Sun?  We already have it! - Cold Fusion Now [PAR] Sep 8, 2013 ... Not only are these levels far below that of a hydrogen bomb, but the amount of 
heat ... Solar luminosity (energy output of the Sun) = 3.846 1033 erg/s ... The 
energy generated in the core is carried by light (photons) that ... But this quality is 
lost when we use the heat of sunshine to warm our swimming pools.

Question: The energy we call sunshine is initially generated by the Sun's fusion of hydrogen into this
Answer: helium