Coronal Mass Ejection Video: (one anwser per question)

Key Questions and Terms Notes
A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is a huge cloud of plasma burst out of the sun's atmosphere and is held together with magnetic fields.


An average CME travels at about 1 to 3 million miles per hour.

1 answer

  1. What is a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)?
    A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is a huge cloud of plasma that bursts out of the sun's atmosphere and is held together with magnetic fields.

  2. What is the average speed of a CME?
    An average CME travels at about 1 to 3 million miles per hour.