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Which is TRUE about the Sun?

• it is the farthest star from Earth

• it is a planet like Earth

• it is the closest star to Earth

• its energy cannot travel through space

From Earth the Sun looks

• large and dark

• small and dark

• large and bright

• large and blue

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Which of these describes the Sun?

• the farthest star from Earth

• a ball of made up of a hot rock

• a source of Earth's water

• a star made up of hot gases

The Sun gives off

• light

• heat

• air

• light and heat

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The movement of energy (like heat and light) through space is called

• force

• warming

• gravity

• radiation

Heat energy and light energy combined is called

• chemical energy

• potential energy

• electrical energy

• radiant energy

Without radiant energy life on Earth would no longer exist

• this statement is TRUE

• this statement is FALSE

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The Sun is

• 1 mile from Earth

• 93 million miles from Earth

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We know the Sun produces heat because

• it lights our daytime

• we have electric lights in our homes

• we can feel it warm our skin

• plants use it to make food

Which stars in the diagram are the coolest?

• white dwarfs

• super giants

• the stars in the upper left corner on the main sequence

• there is no way to know from the diagram