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Our Star the Sun

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  • When an object is bigger it has ________________ gravitational pull
    less
    more
  • Sun is the ___________________ star to Earth.
    Closest
    Farthest
  • Name at least one of the outer planets
    Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
  • Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
    Jupiter
    Earth
    Mars
    Saturn
  • What are solar flares?
    When the sun releases massive amounts of gas and plasma
    Another way to say the sun is very hot
    A way the sun shows excitement
    When the sun has an explosion.
  • Everything in the solar system has gravity
    true
    false
  • Which planet is the biggest in the solar system?
    Earth
    Jupiter
    Saturn
    Mars
  • What is the largest object in our Solar System?
    The Sun
  • Who proved that the planets orbit the sun?
    Isaac Newton
    Albert Einstein
    Ms. Rachel
    Anthony
  • Name at least one of the inner planets
    Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars
  • What are the inner planets made of?
    rock and metal
  • What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
    Mars
    Earth
    Mercury
    Venus
  • How many planets are in our solar system?
    8
  • What is our solar system made of?
    Moons and meteoroids
    All of the options
    Planets and stars
    Comets and asteroids
  • The Sun is one million times smaller than the Earth
    true
    false
  • What absorbs sunlight and use it to make stored energy for later?
    Plants
  • The planets orbit the sun because the sun has no gravity.
    True
    False
  • What happens when we are exposed to the Sun for too long?
    You get sun burned
  • The sun has a large mass which means it has the strongest gravitational pull.
    false
    true
  • Gases in the core of the Sun produce energy that produces...
    heat & light
  • What are the TWO gases the Sun is made of?
    helium & hydrogen
  • What are the outer planets made of?
    Gases and ice and floating materials
  • Who discovered what Gravity was?
    Isaac Newton
    Steven Hawkings
    Albert Einstein