Here is the completed worksheet with explanations for each answer:
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Fill in the blanks.
The sun is a _star_.
✔ *Explanation:* The Sun is a star — specifically, a yellow dwarf star at the center of our solar system. It’s not a planet or moon; it’s a massive ball of hot gas that generates its own light and heat through nuclear fusion.
It puts out heat and _light_.
✔ *Explanation:* The Sun emits energy in the form of heat (infrared radiation) and visible light, which are essential for life on Earth.
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The earth is a _planet_.
✔ *Explanation:* Earth is one of the eight planets in our solar system that orbits the Sun. It is not a star (it doesn’t produce its own light) or a moon (it doesn’t orbit another planet).
It spins around, or revolves, once every 24 _hours_.
✔ *Explanation:* One full rotation of Earth on its axis takes about 24 hours — this is what creates our day and night cycle.
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The earth goes around the _sun_ in about one _year_.
✔ *Explanation:* Earth’s orbit around the Sun takes approximately 365 days, which we call a year. This revolution causes the seasons to change.
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The _moon_ goes around the earth in about one _month_.
✔ *Explanation:* The Moon is Earth’s natural satellite. It completes one orbit around Earth roughly every 28–30 days — which we call a month. (The word “month” actually comes from “moon”!)
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How many times have you traveled with the earth around the sun?
✔ *Answer:*
[Your age in years]
*Example: If you are 7 years old → “7 times”*
✔ *Explanation:* Since Earth orbits the Sun once per year, every year you live, you’ve completed one full trip around the Sun with Earth. So your age in years equals how many times you’ve traveled around the Sun!
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✔ Final Completed Worksheet:
> The sun is a
star.
> It puts out heat and
light.
>
> The earth is a
planet. It spins around, or revolves, once every 24
hours.
>
> The earth goes around the
sun in about one
year.
>
> The
moon goes around the earth in about one
month.
>
> How many times have you traveled with the earth around the sun?
>
[Your age — e.g., 7]
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