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Sun Characteristics
Sun's Position
Shadow Characteristics
Shadow Formation
Vocabulary
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What is the temperature of the sun?
The sun is very hot. 9,941 degrees Fahrenheit
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Where does the sun rise and set?
The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
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What is a shadow?
A shadow is a dark area on the other side of an object.
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What causes a shadow to form?
A shadow is created when an object blocks a light source.
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Earth's axis
The imaginary line the the Earth rotates on.
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What is the sun composed of?
Hot gases
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Where is the Sun located at noon?
The Sun is directly over head.
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What shape is a shadow?
The shadow is the shape of the object.
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In the morning what direction is a shadow facing and how does it look?
It is facing the East and it looks tall and thin
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Rotate
To turn on an axis. (in place)
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What is the sun?
The sun is a star.
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Where is the Sun in the Summer?
The Sun is higher in the sky in the summer.
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Can a shadow move?
A shadow can move if the object moves.
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At noon, what position is a shadow in and how does it look?
The shadow is directly over head at noon and it looks short.
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Star
A huge ball of gas that produces heat and light. The Sun is a star.
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What large body of planets is the sun a part of?
Our Solar System
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Where is the Sun in the Winter?
The Sun in lower in the sky in the Winter.
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Can you always see a shadow?
No, a shadow only exists when there is a light source.
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Is the shadow longest in the Winter months or the Summer months?
The shadow is longest in the summer months, when the sun is highest in the sky.
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Solar System
The sun and the planets and the other objects that orbit the sun.
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What is the main purpose of the Sun on Earth?
The Sun produces light on Earth.
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What are the two days of the year that represent the Sun's change of position?
December 21st and June 21st.
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When the light source is far away from the object, the shadow is what?
Tall and thin.
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What kind of object will make the darkest shadow?
A large dark object.
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Season
The four times during the year that bring predictable weather to a place on Earth. Our seasons are fall, winter, spring, and summer.