Multiple Choice
Sunspots are caused by:
A) the impact of meteoroids and comets on the solar surface.
B) differential rotation and its effect on weak magnetic fields just under the solar surface.
C) dark, absorbing clouds hanging over the surface, above the magnetic field regions.
D) coronal holes, which darken the surface.
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