Importance of the Sun Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. All life on Earth relies on ___ ___ for survival, either directly or indirectly.
  2. 5. Energy ___ starts with the Sun!
  3. 7. The Sun is responsible for driving the ___ ___, so without it, hydropower could not be possible.
  4. 8. The hottest part of the sun is its ___.
  5. 9. In the video, we learn that the Sun is a gaseous soup of charged particles that we call ___.
  6. 12. The Sun is the source of ___ energy for animals and humans.
  7. 14. The Sun is the source of ___ ___ like coal, oil, and natural gas.
  8. 16. ___ energy can be traced back to the Sun because it is generated from the uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun.
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  1. 1. Most of Earth's energy comes from the Sun. This is called ___ ___.
  2. 2. The Sun is made of mostly ___ and helium.
  3. 3. The Sun releases tremendous amounts of ___.
  4. 4. Some of Earth's energy comes from the hot interior of the Earth. This is called ___ energy.
  5. 6. Biomass is a fuel that comes from plants or decaying matter that contain stored ___ energy from the Sun.
  6. 10. The Sun is the ___ of our solar system.
  7. 11. In the video, we learn that the Sun is made up of ___ regions or layers.
  8. 13. The Sun is the major source of ___ energy on Earth!
  9. 15. The Sun is a medium ___ that is about 100 times the size of Earth!