The Sun
The sun is a _____ (color) star.
What is yellow?
An imaginary line that runs through the Earth's north and south poles.
What is the axis?
The time of day when WE receive FULL and DIRECT sunlight.
What is noon?
The Earth, Moon and Sun are constantly moving through space.
What is true?
A tool that makes far away objects seem larger or closer.
What is a telescope?
The sun is a _____ SIZE star.
What is medium?
The Earth is _____ at a 23.5 degree angle.
What is tilted?
The time of evening when the sun disappears.
What is sunset?
It takes the Earth 385 days to complete one full revolution around the Sun.
What is false?
It takes the Earth 365 days to complete one full revolution around the sun.
Without the Sun's radiant energy, Earth would be too _____ for us to live.
What is cold?
A star is a ball of _____.
What is hot, glowing gases?
The movement of the Earth on its own axis is called _____.
What is rotation?
The time of day when the sun appears.
What is dawn or sunrise?
The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun and the moon in orbit around the Earth is called gravitational pull.
What is true?
What are the 3 factors used to describe stars?
What is brightness, size and color?
You cannot see other stars during the daytime because the sun makes the sky so _____.
What is bright?
The rotation of the Earth causes this.
What is day and night?
This time of day is characterized by a period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
What is night?
The Sun revolves around the Earth.
What is false?
The Earth revolves around the sun.
How long does it take the Sun to complete one full rotation?
What is 27 days?
The sun gives off radiant energy. Some of the sun's radiant energy travels to the Earth as _____ and _____.
What is light and heat?
How long does it take the Earth to complete one full rotation?
What is 24 hours?
When OUR side of the Earth is facing AWAY from the sun we are experiencing.
What is night?
What is false?
Radiant energy is energy that CAN travel through space.
The Sun is made mostly of _____ and _____.
What is Hydrogen and Helium?