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Order of the Planets
Place the eight planets and five dwarf planets in their
correct order from the Sun. Write the number that matches
each planet or dwarf planet in the corresponding box below.
1.
Haumea
8.
Eris
2.
Ceres
9.
Pluto
3.
Makemake
10. Mercury
4.
Saturn
11. Earth
5.
Uranus
12. Venus
6.
Mars
13. Jupiter
7.
Neptune
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Naming The Sun
Test your knowledge by answering these questions
about naming the Sun. Check your answers with
the information on page 10 of the book.
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1. Who was the Roman god of the Sun?
2. How many suns are there in Chinese mythology?
3. Who was Helios?
4. What was the god of the Sun named in ancient Egypt?
5. Who was the West African Sun god?
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Know Your Numbers
Follow the instructions to complete the activity.
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Complete the statements by drawing a line to the correct number.
So far, the Kepler mission has found this many
Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of
other stars.
99.86
The SDO carried this many pounds of fuel
at launch.
3
The Sun contains about this percent of all of the
mass in the solar system.
75
In 2015, scientists used this many spacecraft to
learn why sunspots ejected solar flares.
21
The Sun is so large that approximately this many
million planet Earths would fit inside of it.
864,938
The Sun is approximately this many miles across.
1.3
The Sun is a yellow dwarf star made up of this
percent hydrogen.
3,086
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True or False
Follow the instructions to complete the activity.
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Using information in The Sun, verify whether the following statements are true or false.
Check your answers in the book. List the page where you found the information that proves
you are correct.
Statement 1
Richard Carrington was the first person
to discover a solar flare.
Statement 2
The Sun contains about 99.86 percent
of all of the mass in the solar system.
Statement 3
It takes 30 Earth days for the Sun to
rotate once.
Statement 4
The Sun is about 1,009 times the
diameter of Earth.
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
Statement 5
Sunspots are as large as cities.
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False
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The Sun Multiple Choice
Read the following questions about The Sun.
Mark the multiple choice answer that fits.
Check your answers on page 15 of the book.
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1. How long is a day on the Sun?
4. W
hat is the closest planet to the Sun?
647 hours
Earth
648 hours
Venus
649 hours
Mercury
650 hours
Mars
2. What is the Sun’s diameter?
5. W
hat is the farthest planet from the Sun?
902,487 miles
Saturn
719,374 miles
Jupiter
928,374 miles
Uranus
864,938 miles
Neptune
3. W
hat is the mean temperature of
the Sun?
6. W
hich planet has the lowest
mean temperature?
10,000˚F
Jupiter
12,000˚F
Saturn
14,000˚F
Neptune
16,000˚F
Uranus
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The Sun Quiz
Test your knowledge of the Sun by answering these quiz
questions. Check your answers in the activity pack.
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DATE
1
How many stars are in the Milky Way galaxy?
2
How long does it take for the Sun to rotate once?
3
In which directions does the Sun rise and set?
4
How can you best look safely at the Sun with a telescope?
5
What is the color of the Sun in space?
6
What was the name of the Roman god of the Sun?
7
Who proved that the Sun is at the center of the solar system?
8
In what year did the largest recorded solar flare hit Earth?
9
What does the Sun burn to create helium?
10
How do solar flares form?
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Key Words Match-Up
Write the words from the list below in the box above the
correct definition for each word. Check your answers on
page 23 of the book.
asteroids
aurora
galaxy
habitable
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
magnetic field
orbit
particles
solar flare
sunspots
ultraviolet
a collection of millions or billions
of stars, held together by gravity
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6.
7.
light with a wavelength
less than visible light
8.
a suitable environment
to support life
small fragments of matter
the lines of force surrounding
charged particles
small, solid objects in
space that circle the Sun
9.
large magnetic discs on the Sun
bands of light in the sky caused
by charged solar particles
10.
the nearly circular path a
space object makes around
another object in space
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magnetic energy that is
released by the Sun
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