Question

State whether true or false:

The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere is called photosphere.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

The atmosphere of the Sun is composed of several layers, mainly the photosphere, the chromosphere and the corona. It's in these outer layers that the Sun's energy, which has bubbled up from the Sun's interior layers, is detected as sunlight.
The lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere is the photosphere. This layer is where the Sun's energy is released as light. The next layer is the chromosphere. The chromosphere emits a reddish glow as super-heated hydrogen burns off. The third layer of the Sun's atmosphere is the corona. It can only be seen during a total solar eclipse as well. It appears as white streamers or plumes of ionized gas that flow outward into space.
Hence, the outermost layer is corona and the statement is false.