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The Sun, Stars and Solar System

The Sun, Stars and Solar System. Objects Beyond the Earth’s Atmosphere. What is the sun?. Sun Safety. When studying the sun safety is very important! Write one sun safety rule:. The Sun From the Earth. The Sun and Solar Flare. Sun Facts.

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The Sun, Stars and Solar System

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  1. The Sun, Stars and Solar System Objects Beyond the Earth’s Atmosphere

  2. What is the sun?

  3. Sun Safety When studying the sun safety is very important! Write one sun safety rule:

  4. The Sun From the Earth

  5. The Sun and Solar Flare

  6. Sun Facts Makes life on our planet possible by giving us great amounts of light and heat.Contains about 98% of the mass of the entire Solar System.Is just a medium sized star (yellow dwarf). It is about 1.4 million kilometers in diameter.

  7. Sun Facts Is the center of our Solar System. All the planets and other objects orbit around it. Is very gaseous, and made up mostly of hydrogen.Contains dark spots that are known as sunspots.

  8. How is the sun different than other stars?

  9. Stars

  10. Star Facts • Are formed initially from gas and dust. They are made mainly of hydrogen gas. Are very hot and give off huge amounts of energy in the form of heat and light. Our Sun is a medium sized star.

  11. More Star Facts Are very far away from Earth. The closest Star is about 23.5 trillion miles away. A group of stars that form a star picture is called a constellation. The sky has about 88 constellations.

  12. Constellation Scorpius

  13. Swan Constellation

  14. Orion

  15. Orion

  16. Orion

  17. How is the solar system different than the sun?

  18. The Solar System

  19. Another Look at the Solar System

  20. Solar System

  21. The Solar System • Contains the eight planets and other smaller objects such as minor planets, comets, meteoroids and cosmic dust. The first four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are relatively small and resemble the Earth in composition (rocky). The next four planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are much larger planets and are very gaseous in nature. Pluto is now called a minor or dwarf planet that is far from the sun.

  22. The Solar System Continued • All the objects in our Solar System orbit the Sun. It is so big that everything in our Solar System could fit in it many times. Many scientists believe that our Solar System is over 4.6 billion years old.

  23. Vocabulary • Sun • Energy • Solar energy • Orbit • Solar system • constellation

  24. Sailing Out to Space I dream of sailing out to space,Upon a yacht of stars.With port holes all along the sides,I'd gaze amazed at Mars. With stars in front and stars behind,And planets far and near,I'd sail my yacht around the rings,Of Saturn with a cheer.

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