The Sun's Vital Role

During the day, the ______ is the largest and brightest object in the sky.

The heat from the ______ warms all parts of the earth.

Plants use the energy from ______ to make food.

Without the light from the ______, there would be no plants on earth.

Sunlight helps us to ______ and talk to our friends.

The sun's fuel eight point nine percent helium and point one percent heavier elements such as carbon and nitrogen Due to the sun's extreme temperatures these elements stay in a gas like phase called ______

The Sun can be divided into six layers or regions the corona the chromosphere the photosphere the convective and radiative zones and the ______

It was born when a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula ______

The sun's fiery nature along with a tremendous gravitational pull and an extensive magnetic field helped it to become the ______ of our solar system

Our Sun formed about 4.5 billion years ago in the Milky Way galaxy's ______ fur