The sun and other stars

    • What is the difference between the Sun and stars?

      A star is a big ball of hot, glowing gases. During the day, the sun is the biggest and brightest object in the sky. The sun is much larger than the Earth. The sun is also a big ball of hot, glowing gases.

    • Why do we see stars in the sky?

      In the sky, you can see the sun, stars, and the moon. The sun is up during the day. It is very hot. The sun gives us light and heat. Plants need the sun to grow. We can see the stars at night. They give off light and heat, like the sun. That is because the sun is a star, too! There are more stars than we can count.

    • What grade level is Sun and stars?

      Correlation to the National Science Standards This segment of the Webcast All About the Sun, “Sun and Stars”, is brought to you by a correla- tion to the National Science Standards for grades 2 – 4 as delineated below.

    • How do scientists get closer to the Sun?

      Scientists can get closer to it by using telescopes. Scientists can examine what the sun gives off in forms of energy. Scientists develop special tools such as a spectroscope to learn more about the sun. 4. The Sun gives off light we can see.

    • Is the Sun much larger than all the other stars?

      Although the Sun appears larger to us than any other star, there are many stars which are much larger. The Sun appears so large compared to the other stars because it is so much closer to us than any other star. The Sun is just an average sized star.

    • How does our Sun compare with other stars?

      The Sun is only one of billions of stars scattered in the sky. It appears larger and brighter when compared with the other stars. The Sun is an average-sized star. Compared to other stars, it has medium brightness. But because the Sun is closer to Earth than the other stars, it appears larger and brighter.

    • Is the Sun a normal star?

      It is often said that the Sun is an "ordinary" star. That's true in the sense that there are many others similar to it. But there are many more smaller stars than larger ones; the Sun is in the top 10% by mass. The median size of stars in our galaxy is probably less than half the mass of the Sun.

    • [PDF File]Comparing the Chemical Compositions of the Sun and Earth

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      of the Sun to other stars: searching for self-selection effects, ApJ 689, 1457 Spergel, D. et al. 2007, Three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Implications for Cosmology ApJSS, 170, 377-408

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    • [PDF File]Sun, Stars and Moon

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      Sun, Stars and Moon In the sky, you can see the sun, stars, and the moon. The sun is up during the day. It is very hot. The sun gives us light and heat. Plants need the sun to grow. We can see the stars at night. They give off light and heat, like the sun. That is because the sun is a star, too! There are more stars than we can count.

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    • [PDF File]A Scale Model of the Solar System

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      between the Sun and other stars. A convenient scale has 1 foot representing 1 million miles. This same scale has 1000 miles representing 1 light-year. Materials: See table on following page for representative objects. Saturn's rings can be constructed by photocopying the ring diagram below the table onto transparency material, cutting

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    • [PDF File]The Structure of the Sun

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      The different layers of the Sun The Sun, like other stars, is a huge spherical object made of hydrogen and helium. Its diameter reaches 1.400.000 km, or 109 times the Earth’s diameter; but is 4 times less dense than the Earth due to its composition. The Sun is not only made of the glowing gas that we see with a telescope.

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    • [PDF File]OURSOLARSYSTEM

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      Sun, other planets, and stars revolved about it. Ancient Greek astronomers and philosophers knew this “geocentric” concept from as early as the 6th century BCE. Now we know, of course, that all the planets orbit our lone star — the Sun. The Sun is the closest star to Earth, at a …

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      How Astronomers Use Spectra to Learn About the Sun and Other Stars byDr.JefireyW.Brosius DepartmentofPhysics TheCatholicUniversityofAmerica Washington,DC20064

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    • [PDF File]Sun and Stars - Stanford University

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      Sun. • Students will understand how technological design can help scientists to better understand our Earth, our Sun, our solar system and the universe around us. Science Concepts 1. Our sun is really a star in that it has the same characteristics as the other stars visible in the

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    • DARE TO COMPARE

      other stars sun ©2015 Robin Harrington/Class of Kinders. can be different colors a star made of gas closest to the Earth can cause a sunburn gives Earth heat gives Earth daylight is much larger than it looks from Earth helps living things to grow can be part of a constellation

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    • [PDF File]Sun & Stars | 5E Lesson Plan for Grades 3-5 [PDF]

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      THE SUN AND OTHER STARS GRADES Disciplinary Core Ideas Connections to Classroom Activity ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars The sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer. Stars range greatly in their distance from Earth. Other DCIs addressed in this lesson ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System

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    • [PDF File]Read About the Sun and Stars - Generation Genius

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      Stars that are farther away appear smaller and dimmer. Because the sun is so much closer than other stars, it looks much bigger and brighter. Objects that are closer to you seem larger than objects that are farther away. If you were to light two candles, hold one and have a friend hold the other on the opposite side of a room, the candle you

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    • [PDF File]Learning More about our Sun

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      The Sun looks bigger than other stars because it is so much closer to the Earth. The further away an object is, the smaller it appears, even if it is very big. Experiment: The Distant Truth Materials: 2 large yellow balls (the same size to represent two stars), with one marked A, the other B (ideally, the

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    • [PDF File]Our Star, The Sun

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      and just twinkles in the night sky like the other stars. Because the Sun is by far our closest star, we can learn a great deal about all stars by studying it. Sunspots Sunspots are dark splotches on the Sun caused by the appearance of cooler (4000 degrees Celsius) areas amidst the roiling gases on the surface (6000 degrees C).

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    • [PDF File]OURSOLARSYSTEM

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      Sun, other planets, and stars revolved about it. Ancient Greek astronomers and philosophers knew this “geocentric” concept from as early as the 6th century BCE. Now we know, of course, that all the planets orbit our lone star — the Sun. The Sun is the closest star to Earth, at a mean distance from

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    • [PDF File]Sun and Stars - Stanford University

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      1. Our sun is really a star in that it has the same characteristics as the other stars visible in the sky, but because it is the closest star to Earth and the Earth revolves around it, it is also called the Sun. 2. The sun contains different kinds of hot gases that interact in a special way to give off heat,

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