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Presents:

TheHeavensDeclare–Episode5

“OurIncredibleSun”StudyGuide

TableofContentsIntroductionChapter1–TheStaggeringFactsAboutOurSunChapter2–TheSun’sSecularOriginChapter3–TheSun’sBiblicalOriginChapter4-TheSunProvidesLifeChapter5–HowOurSunisUniqueChapter6–SolarFlaresandSunSpotsChapter7–Earth’sProtectionAgainsttheSunChapter8–FusionoftheSunChapter9–TheStabilityoftheSunChapter10–HowtheSunShowsGod’sCharacterConclusionAnswerstoQuestions

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IntroductionWelcometothisstudyguidefortheHeavensDeclare-EpisodeFive,“OurIncredibleSun”.Thisguideisdesignedtobeusedbyyouthgroups,Sundayschools,churchgroups,publicschoolparentsthatwanttoreinforcetheirstudent’sfaith,oranyonethatwantstogodeeperintheirunderstandingoftheconceptspresentedinthevideo.Itcanalsoserveascurriculumforhomeschoolstudents.Likethevideo,thisstudyguideisbroken-upinto10differentsections.Pleasestartbywatchingachapterofthevideo,andthencompletetheaccompanyingsectioninthisguide.Youwillfindtheinformationpresentedinseveraldifferentinterestingformats:

Summary.Thesebriefoverviewswillgiveabig-pictureunderstandingofthecontentcoveredinthevideo.Vocabulary.Thiswillbeanintroductionofpossiblenewterms.

ReviewQuestions.Thesequestionswillhelptoclarifymanyoftheconceptspresentedthroughoutthevideo.Answerstothequestionswillbepresentedattheendofthisstudyguide.ScriptureQuotes.God’sWordwillclarifythetruthoftheconceptsbeingpresented.QuoteBoxes.Thesequoteswilldemonstrateman’sthinkingondifferentsubjects.Activities.Theseexerciseswillfocuswillprovidecreativewaystoreinforcetheinformationpresented.

Chapter1–TheStaggeringFactsAboutOurSunPleasestartbywatchingChapter1ofthevideo,thencompletethefollowingsection.

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SincetheSunisthecentralstarofoursolarsystem,it'slargelyresponsibleforsigns,seasons,days,andyears.TheSunputsoutmoreenergyinonesecondthanabillionmajorcitieswoulduseinayear.Itismorethan864,000milesindiameter,whichisabout109timestheEarth'sdiameter.That’s330,000timesmorethanthemassof

theEarth.

TheSunaccountsformorethan99%offallthemassinthesolarsystem,eventhoughitonlyhasabout1%oftheangularmomentum.Theplanetsaccountfor

allrest.TheSun’stemperature hasbeenmeasuredtobebetween9,000-11,000 degreesFahrenheit.Theinternaltemperatureisontheorderof27milliondegreesFahrenheit,andthat'shighenoughtosustainnuclearreactions,fusinghydrogentohelium–whichwebelievetobethesourceoftheSun'senergy.WecalculatethattheSuncanshinethiswayfor8-10billionyears.LayersoftheSun TheCore

WehavegoodevidencethatnuclearfusionistakingplaceinthecoreoftheSun.Ifthisistrue,wewouldexpecttheSuntoreleaseneutrinos.Neutrinosaretheselittleparticlesthatcangorightthroughordinarymatter.Wehaveneutrinodetectorsonearth,

“TheStaggeringFactsAboutOurSun”Summary

“AndGodsaid,Lettherebelightsinthefirmamentoftheheaventodividethedayfromthenight;andletthembeforsigns,andforseasons,andfordays,and

years.”

Genesis 1:14

AngularMomentum–Themeasureofanobjectsabilityto

continuemoving,ifunobstructed,inacurvedmotion.Itisaconservedquantity,meaningthatif

unobstructeditwillcontinuetomoveatthatsamemomentum

indefinitely.

“WhydidGodmakesuchamagnificentlypowerfulobjectwhenweonlyneedasmall

fractionofit?Well,he'sGod,whynot?It'snotlikeitwasharderforhimtomake,thanitwas

tomakeanythingelse”.

Dr.JasonLisle,ChristianAstrophysicist&Founder,BiblicalScienceInstitute

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andhavedetectedneutrinoscomingstraightfromthecoreoftheSun.Thereareseveraltrillionofthemgoingthroughyoueverysecond.

RadiativeZone

Theradiationfromthecorestreamsoutthroughthisregion.ConvectionZoneInthisregionisallkindsofmotion.Forexample,theplasmabubblesupandcarriesenergyfromtheinnersectionsoftheSunouttothesurface.PhotosphereThisistheareathatwecanactuallysee.Inthiszonethereislotsofactivity,includingsunspots,whicharecoolerregionsbecauseofstrongmagneticfieldsthatpreventmotion.Thisisbecauseplasmacannotmoveacrossalineofamagneticfield.Becauseofthis,thesearecooler(about4,000degrees)comparedtotherestoftheSun.ChromosphereThephrase“Chromo”meanscolor.It’snamedthisbecausewhenwecanseeit,itoftenappearsvividlycolorful,eventhoughthisthinlayerisnormallytransparentanddifficulttosee.However,itbecomesmorevisibleduringasolareclipse.It’salittleringofverycolorfulprominences.CoronaThisisalayerofhydrogengasthatstreamsoutintospace,andcan'treallybeseenbythenakedeye.However,itcanbedetectedbyspacecraft.

1. AccordingtoGenesis1:14,whydidGodcreatetheSun?

2. Accordingtothevideo,howmanycitiescouldtheenergyoftheSunpowerinonesecond?

3. WhatisthesizeoftheSun’sdiameter?

“TheStaggeringFactsAboutOurSun”ReviewQuestions

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4. Howmuchoftheentiresolarsystem’smassmakes-upthesun?

5. Howmuchofthesolarsystem’stotalangularmomentumdoestheSunhave?

6. WhatistheinternaltemperaturethoughttobefortheSun?

7. Accordingtothevideo,howlongisitbelievedthattheSuncouldlast?

DescribethefollowinglayersoftheSun: TheCore:

RadiativeZone:ConvectionZone:Photosphere:Chromosphere:

“TheStaggeringFactsAboutOurSun”Activity