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Which layer of the sun is where plasma rises and sinks due to temperature differences?.
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Which layer of the sun is where plasma rises and sinks due to temperature differences?.

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Just beneath the photosphere, and extending inward to about 0.7 Rsun, is the convection zone. Energy generated in the core of the Sun moves outward through this layer by a boiling motion in which hot plasma rises, releases some of its energy, cools, and then sinks again.

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