Solar sound waves are indeed reflected back and forth between the solar surface and the deeper layers of the solar interior, a process that is crucial for the field of helioseismology, which studies the interior of the Sun by analyzing these waves.

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Solar Sound Waves

Question 19

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Solar sound waves:

A) are the mechanism by which most solar energy is transported to the surface from the interior.
B) are generated in the Sun's core by the violent nuclear activity there and move outward through the solar surface into space.
C) reflect back and forth between the solar surface and layers deep in the solar interior.
D) reach Earth, are picked up by sensitive sound detection equipment here, and are analyzed to give us important information about the solar interior.

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