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No. The sun is not really made of fire. It is made of plasma; gas so hot that electrons start to break free of atoms. The process that powers the sun is not burning as we understand it, but nuclear fusion. Burning, or combustion as scientists call it, involves some flammable substance undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen. In such a chemical change, atoms rearrange how they are bonded to one another, but the atoms themselves do not change.
At the center of the sun, hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium atoms. The nuclear fusion in the sun is releases millions of times for energy than you would get from burning the same amount of fuel and produces far higher temperatures.
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Is the sun fire?
No, the sun is not really on fire. The sun is just made up of very hot gases the are so hot it gives off light from heat radiation.
What is something that revolves around something else?
A satellite revolves around a planet. Planets revolve around a sun.
Is earth considered as a satellite?
Yes. The Earth rotates around the Sun, and therefore it is a satellite of the Sun. Anything that rotates around something else can be cositered a satellite.
Why is sun orange in evening?
Because the sun is fire and fire is orange.
How do you know how hot the sun is?
Because. There is LOTS and LOTS of flames and fire on the sun. Its just like the tempeture on Venus. Only the sun is hotter and its a star.
What is Pluto really a piece of?
Pluto is a dwarf planet that orbits the Sun. It is not known to be a piece of something else.
Is compete like a crazy a simile?
not really. a simile is when you are comparing something to something else e.g. the orange beach ball is as orange as the sun. you are not comparing something with something else if that makes sense. it depends though- its best to ask an English teacher :)
Is the sun a planet or something else?
the sun is a star
What does phytplankton eat?
Phytoplankton does not eat anything, it does something else. Phytoplankton gets its energy directly from the sun through the process of photosynthesis.
Which planet is called the fire planet?
it is the sun but it is really a star
Does the bottle brush need sun?
look on something else.
What is the suns properties?
it is the sunspots and thr sun is really really hot
Is the sun fire?
No, the sun is not really on fire. The sun is just made up of very hot gases the are so hot it gives off light from heat radiation.
What rhymes with run but it should be something related to fire or burning?
sun
How does the sun make air to have a fire?
It doesn't. The "fire" of the sun is not really fire. What powers the sun is nuclear fusion, in which hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium. This process is millions of times more efficient than combustion.
What does orbit meansun and earth?
When something orbits something else, it means that it travels in a circular path around it. In the case of the sun and earth, the earth orbits the sun.
Is eclipse a shape?
No, the shape is ellipse. It is something like an oval. An eclipse is when something or someone overtakes or outdoes something or someone else. An eclipse of the sun is when the sun is blotted out, or 'overtaken' by the moon.
