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T H E C LO S E S T S TA R T O T H E E A RT H
THE SUN IS A STAR
THE SUN
• The Sun is a star.
• It is the star that is closest to the Earth.
THE SUN IS BIG.
THE SUN
Earth
THE SUN
• The Sun is bright.
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.
THE SUN
• The Sun provides the Earth with the light and heat we need to survive.
• The Sun provides the light and heat that plants need to grow.
• We need plants for food and for oxygen to breathe.
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
THE SUN
• The Sun defines when we have our seasons.
• The Sun helps plants grow.
• The Sun’s heat and light allow us to live on Earth.
THE SUN
• The Sun can be:
• Described
• Observed
• Illustrated
The Sun…
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. The hold the paper with the hole about a meter from a black piece of paper. You will see an image of the sun.
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).
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:sun spotssolar flaressolar prominences
• At night we can see many stars, but during the day we see our “daytime” star- the Sun.