The Sun and our Solar System

What two types of energy does the sun provide?

• Light Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Sound Energy

• Thermal (heat) Energy

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The Sun is positioned in the ______ of our Solar System.

• Inside

• Center

• South

• Outside

The sun is classified as a-

• moon

• planet

• orbit

• star

If the sun is considered a star, why does it appear to be so much larger than the other stars in the sky?

• Because it is the biggest star in the solar system.

• Because it is the closest star to the Earth.

The sun is composed mostly of-

• rocks

• other stars

• ice

• gasses

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The Earth and the other planets -

• orbit around the Sun.

• line up next to the Sun.

• do not orbit the Sun.

• are stars.

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Without the Sun the Earth -

• would be the center of the Solar System.

• would be a hot ball of gas.

• there would be no life because it would be cold and dark.

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How do the Sun, Earth and Moon interact with each other?

• The sun orbits the Earth and the Moon.

• The Moon orbits the Sun and the Earth is in the center.

• They do not interact because they are too far away from each other.

• The Earth spins on it's axis while it orbits the Sun and the Moon orbits the Earth.

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The Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.

• closest

• furthest

• third

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________ is the closest planet to the Sun.

• Mars

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury