The Sun

How many Earths could fit inside the sun?

• About 10

• About 1,000,000

• About 1,000

• About 100,000

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How many planets orbit the sun?

What is an explosion on the sun that gives out huge amounts of energy?

• Sun Spot

• Sun Gases

• Sun Flare

• Sun Ray

The sun is the closest ____ to Earth

• Light

• Heat

• Temperature

• Star

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The sun gives ___ and ___ energy to Earth

• heat and star

• sun and star

• temperature and star

• heat and light

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True or False?

Stars are always in the sky even though you can not see them during the day

• True

• False

How does the sun keep all of the planets in orbit?

• The pull of its gravity

• The flames give it power

• The sun spots

• The solar flares guide them

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The distance light travels in one year

• Leap-Year

• Light-Year

• Sonic Speed

• Solar Speed

When looking up into the sky at night, why do stars look like small dots of light?

• They are tiny

• They are moving away from us constantly

• They are very, very, very far away

• They do not want to be seen

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What is the largest object in our solar system?

• The sun

• The moon

• Planet Mars

• Planet Saturn

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