the sun is a star
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The Sun is a Star. The closest star to the Earth. The Sun. The Sun is a star. It is the star that is closest to the Earth. Earth. The Sun. The Sun is big. The Sun. The Sun is bright. The Sun. The Sun warms us up . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE CLOSEST STAR TO THE EARTH
THE SUN IS A STAR
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THE SUN
• The Sun is a star.
• It is the star that is closest to the Earth.
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THE SUN IS BIG.
THE SUN
Earth
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THE SUN
•The Sun is bright.
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THE SUN
• The Sun warms us up.
• It is the only star that is near enough to the Earth so we can feel its heat.
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THE SUN
• The Sun provides the Earth with the light and heat we need to survive.
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THE SUN• The Sun provides the light and heat that plants need to grow.
•We need plants for food and for oxygen to breathe.
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THE SUN
• Our Sun is the closest star to Earth.
• It is the center of our solar System.
• All the planets and other objects orbit around the Sun.
Earth
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THE SUN
• The Sun helps plants grow.
• The Sun’s heat and light allow us to live on Earth.
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THE SUN• The Sun can be:
• Described
• Observed
• Illustrated
The Sun…
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THE SUN- OBSERVING THE SUN
• NEVER look directly at the Sun. It can damage your eyes.
• You can view the Sun by making a small hole in a piece of paper. Then, hold the paper with the hole about a meter from a black piece of paper. You will see an image of the Sun.
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THE SUN- DESCRIBING THE SUN
• The Sun is a medium-sized star.
• The Sun is a sphere.
• The Sun is very HOT- like a giant oven.
• The Sun provides light and heat for the Earth.
• The Sun has features on it (more on this later).
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THE SUN- ILLUSTRATING THE SUN
• Most of the time when students draw a Sun, it looks like this:• The Sun really looks like this:
The Sun has features, such as:- sunspots- solar flares- solar prominences
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• At night, we can see many stars, but during the day, we see our “daytime” star- the Sun.