The Sun & Eclipses

The sun is 4.6 ________ years old.

• hundred

• thousand

• million

• billion

Plants get energy from the sun through the process of

• photosynthesis

• evaporation

• gravity

• orbiting

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The sun is the closest ________ to the Earth

• star

• moon

• planet

• asteroid

Which of the following is true?

• The sun has very little effect on natural cycles.

• The sun is only helpful and is never dangerous.

• The sun is very important, but its rays can also be harmful.

• The sun is very dangerous and doesn’t really support life on Earth.

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The planets orbit the sun because they are attracted by the sun’s

• heat

• light

• gravity

• friction

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It looks like the sun rises in the east and set in the west because

• the Earth makes a full orbit around the sun once a year.

• the Earth spins all the way around its axis once a day.

• the sun goes dark for 12 hours a day.

• the sun is orbiting the Earth.

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Which of the following cycles does the sun affect?

• the water cycle

• the food chain

• the weather

• all of the above

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The sun is mostly made of matter that is

• plasma

• liquid.

• solid

• cold

If half of the Earth is tilted toward the sun, what season is it on that half?

• fall

• summer

• spring

• winter

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It takes light ________ to get from the sun to the Earth.

• one lightyear

• eight minutes

• ten seconds

• 24 hours