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Stars
Sun
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A push or pull is this.

Force

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This is the largest star
supergiant
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What size is our sun?

Medium
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The sun is a star that gives off light and _______.
heat
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If four stars are the same size and have the same temperature, why would one star look much brighter that the others?
It is closer to Earth that the others
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What is a ball of hot, glowing gases?
Star
200
These are the smallest stars
White Dwarfs
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What color is our sun?
Yellow
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You can see (more/fewer) stars with a telescope that with just your eye.
more
200
True or False?

The sun is larger than all the other stars?

False
300

This terms refers to when objects appear to be larger than they are, when they are closer to us.

Apparent

300
These are the hottest stars
Blue stars
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This forces us to stay on Earth, and for us to orbit around the sun.

Gravity

300
Features of stars are brightness, size, and _______.
color
300
True or False?

The sun is a planet.

False
400

Gravity pulls objects to the Earth's _________.

Core

400

These are the coolest stars

Red Stars
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The looks like this shape, because it's closer to us than any other star.

Sphere

400
What increases when you look at the stars with a telescope?

distance, shape, color, or size?

size
400
True or False?

Stars are all bigger than our Moon.

True
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The amount of energy or light a star shines is called this.

Luminosity

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A star's brightness as it appears from Earth is called __________ brightness.

Apparent

500

About 1 million of these could fit inside the sun.

Earths

500
When is the best time to use a telescope?
nighttime
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What is the best way to show how Earth and Sun cause day and night?
use a rotating model of Earth and the Sun