At The Center of Our Lives: Homework

What is the lightest and simplest of all chemical elements?

• Helium

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

This is the distance or the amount something covers. What is it called?

• Range

• Time

• Velocity

• Wave

In our solar system, the biggest, brightest and most powerful object is the ________.

• galaxy

• sun

• universe

• gravity

The word sun got its name from the word "solar", which means?

• the brightest

• of the sun

• hot

• like a star

Without the sun, we wouldn't be able to survive.

• True

• False

Every star in the night sky is a sun burning in another part of the universe.

• True

• False

The sun is actually not a sun but a type of star.

• True

• False

The sun's gravity is not strong enough to pull planets and space objects.

• True

• False

It takes the Earth 265 days to circle the sun.

• True

• False

What is the sun of our solar system called?

• Supernova

• White Star

• Yellow Dwarf

• Solar Plexus