Did You Know?
The sun is 93 million miles away!
What is the Sun?
The sun is a star in space.
Why is the Sun Important?
The sun keeps us warm and gives light.
What the Sun Does
The sun gives us light.
The sun keeps us warm.
The sun helps plants grow.
The sun makes day and night.
The sun is very big and bright.
We need the sun to live.
More About the Sun
The sun is very old. It has been here for a long time. It is about 4.6 billion years old! The sun will stay hot for many more years.
Every day, the sun rises and sets. We see it in the morning and at night. The sun helps us tell time.
One day, the sun will change. It will get bigger and become a red giant. But that will not happen for a long, long time!
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Suns may refer to:"] --> B["Gold Coast Suns, Australian rules football team"]
A --> C["Phoenix Suns, basketball team"]
A --> D["The Sun, the star of the Solar System"]
A --> E["Stars, massive balls of plasma"]
A --> F["Sun (unit), or cun, a traditional Chinese unit of length"]
A --> G["Abbreviation for solar masses, solar radii, solar luminosities, or solar energy concentration"]
A --> H["Tshwane Suns, South African basketball team"]
What Do These Words Mean?
Australian rules football:A type of football played mainly in Australia.
basketball:A sport where two teams try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop.
plasma:A state of matter made of charged particles, like in stars.
unit of length:A standard measurement used to measure distance.
solar masses:A way to measure the mass of stars compared to our Sun.
