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Structure
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Is the sun the biggest member of the solar system?
Yes
100
Is the sun a planet, asteroid, meteor, or star?
Star
100
What is the sun made of?
It is made of gas
200
How many times is the sun bigger than earth?
109 times
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What percentage of the solar system does the sun occupy?
99.86%
200
What does the sun consist of?
Plasma
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How many miles is it away from earth?
93 million miles
300
How hot is the sun? (core)
15 million celcius
300
What gas is the sun mostly made of?
Hydrogen
400
What is the diameter of sun?
864,938 miles
400
What are 3 elements the sun is made of?
Oxygen Carbon Hydrogen Helium Neon
400
Name 3 members of the solar system that orbit the sun? NOT PLANETS
Comets, asteroids, and meteors.
500
What is the circumference of the sun?
2,715,905.32 miles
500
What is the process where the sun generates huge amounts of energy by combining hydrogen nuclei into helium?
Nuclear fusion
500
Name 5 parts of the sun.
They are the corona,core, convective zone, radiative zone, the sun spot, flare, photosphere and the chromosphere.
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