Earth and Space: The Sun and Stars

Which describe the sun?

• large hot ball of glowing gases
• large cold ball of glowing gases
• small hot ball of glowing gases
• large cold ball of glowing gases

Which describes the sun?

• farthest star from the Earth
• closest star from the Earth
• farthest planet from the Earth
• closest planet from the Earth

Where is the sun located?

• center of our solar system
• left of our solar system
• right of our solar system
• top of our solar system

What does sol mean?

• moon
• Earth
• Mars
• Sun

The sun is ________ of miles from earth.

• tens 
• hundreds
• thousands
• millions

What does the sun provide?

• plants
• rain
• heat and light energy
• potential energy

True or false:
Without the sun, there would be no life on Earth. 

• True
• False
• Maybe
• Do not choose--not the answer. 

The sun is a _________, _________ star. 

• small, white
• small, yellow
• medium, white
• medium, yellow

The Sun is a star in the _______ galaxy.

• Snicker
• Twix
• Milky Way
• Reeses

The planets in our solar system orbit the Sun because it pulls on them with a force called

• shadow
• moonlight
• gravity
• push