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The internal structures of these objects may be described by a “monolith” or a “cluster” model. One region of these objects contains flux tubes arranged in an “interlocking-comb” structure. (-5[1])The absorption lines of these objects are redshifted at their edges and blueshifted near their centers due to a radial gas current called the Evershed flow. The distributions (15[1])of these objects are depicted on a plot of (*) latitude vs time called the butterfly diagram. (10[1])The outer filamentous regions of these objects are surrounded by a granulation pattern of convection cells. (10[1])These objects are created in bipolar magnetic regions, which are maximized when the overall field flips polarity approximately every 11 years. (10[1]-5[1])The umbra is the center of, for 10 points, what dark regions that form transiently on the sun's surface? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: sunspots
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
TaylorMojo ShojoOSU28-5
Eric MukherjeeAmartya Senpai Notice MeEpic Games5615
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago A7210
Conor ThompsonMichiganIllinois A+8810
Vivek SasseChicago BMaryland B-10910
Beni KeownNorthwesternPurdue109-5
Quynh PhungPurdueNorthwestern12810
Pranav SivaramOSUMojo Shojo12910

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