1. We can use the Sun to measure time.
2. Kepler believed that the primary goal of science is to lead men to God.
3. The Sun is the largest star.
4. During the Northern Hemisphere's winter, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun.
5. The Sun can be used to calculate seasons.
6. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
7. The Sun is a yellow dwarf star.
8. Red stars are dimmer than our Sun.
9. Blue stars are dimmer than our Sun.
10. Stars are actually all the same color but can be classified as being different.
11. Two major reasons to reject the geocentric theory are its inaccuracy and complexity.
12. The first telescopes used lenses rather than mirrors to gather light.
13. Newton was the astronomer who discovered that white light is really made up of various colors.
14. The star with the greatest apparent magnitude is the Sun.
15. A star with a negative magnitude is brighter than a star with a positive magnitude.
16. The Sun is made of gas.
17. The heliocentric theory was the theory that said the Earth was the center of the universe.
18. Weight can change in the Sun but it's mass never changes.
19. Most of the mass of our solar system is in the Sun.
20. The Sun is located in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
21. Neutrinos travel at the speed of light.
22. The energy of the Sun travels mainly in the form of electromagnetic waves.
23. Each element has its own pattern of spectral lines when seen through a spectroscope.
24. 98% of the Sun is made up of hydrogen.
25. The corona of the Sun is about 1,000 miles thick.
26. More than 80 out of the 105 elements known to man have been identified in the Sun.
27. Helium was discovered in the Sun before it was found on the Earth.
28. Sunspots usually last no more than several hours.
29. The more ionizing that takes place in the Earth's outer atmosphere the better short radio waves are reflected.
30. During fusion helium is converted into hydrogen.
31. One advantage of solar energy is that is diffuse.
32. Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
33. The distance from the Sun to Pluto is one astronomical unit.
34. Inferior planets are the ones closer to the Sun than the Earth.
35. Superior planets are those that have an orbit farther away from the Sun than the Earth.
36. A full moon always rises at sunset and sets at sunrise.

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