23 The Sun

The Sun written by John Lockyer

The sun is a yellow star. It is about 5 billion years old. It will still be shining in about 5 billion more years. The sun is the nearest star to Earth. At night, you can see thousands of other stars in the sky. The stars look small to us because they are a long way away from Earth.

sun The sun is a big ball of fire. It is the hottest thing in the sky. Never look at the sun. It will hurt your eyes. The sun is also the biggest thing in the sky. If the sun was the same size as a football, then the Earth would be as small as a piece of rice.

The sun is very hot and very spotty. The spots are sunspots. They are colder than the rest of the sun. Sometimes the sun has lots of sunspots and sometimes it doesn't. Some sunspots turn into fire storms. sunspots

The sun is the middle of the solar system. There are eight planets in our solar system. solar system. Everything in the solar system moves around the sun. The sun holds everything in place.

The sun makes warm sunlight for Earth and all the planets. Some other planets don't get as much sunlight. Other planets get too much sunlight, but Earth's sunlight is just right. sunlight On Earth, plants use the warm sunlight to help them grow. As they grow, plants make oxygen. People and animals need oxygen to live and they need plants to eat.