BY: SOPHIE KAPPER DUE; MAY 14,2013MRS.LOWER

The Sun

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SUN?The sun is our source of light.

Also it is our source of heat

The Sun gives us all of our energy.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SUN?At one point in history people actually believed that the moon gave of its own light. But, they found out it was the Sun hiding behind the moon.

HOW DID THE SUN FORM?o The sun started as a cloudo It was made of interstellar dust and gas

HOW DID THE SUN FORM?

Astronomers thereoized that this was a supernova when a red star explodes

THE SUN COMPARED TO OTHER STARS

o Stars in our universe can be bigger and hotter the the sun

o But they also can be smaller and coolero Stars that are hotter then the sun are

blue and whiteo Stars that are cooler are red and

orange

THE SUN COMPARED TO OTHER STARSo The sun looks like the largest star on

Earth because it is the closest star to us.

o The Sun is an average star.

FUN FACTSo 1 million Earth’s could fit inside the Suno The Sun’s diameter is 860,000 miles

acrosso The Sun’s surface is 5,778 K.

THE SUN

THE SUN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• The sun is the center of our solar system.

DEFFINITIONSo Astronomer- A person who studies

astronomy.o Supernova- When a red star explodes.o Dense-Closely compacted in substance.o Solar system- The collection of planets and

their moons in orbit around a sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

INSIDE OF THE SUN

• The sun has layers just like Earth. • It has the inner core the outer core the

mantle the chromosphere and the photosphere.

REFLECTIONI chose the sun because I did not know much about it until now. This project was very fun!! I hope you learned something new during my project. If I could research more about it I probably would.