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1 What is Sol and how does it affect life on earth?

2 What is Sol? 1) The Romans named it Sol and Helios by the Greeks
2) Largest star in the solar system 3) Incandescent plasma 4) 99.86%

3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUN
Diameter: 1,392,000 km/165,000 miles 4.6 billion years ago 5000 degrees celsius 15,600,000 degrees celsius Gamma rays funlava.com

4 Parts of the sun: Photosphere- The surface of the sun
Chromosphere and corona- part of the three outer layers Core- center of the sun Radioactive zone- surrounding the core Connective zone- Outer most ring of the sun igalleriez.com

5 Components of the sun: ELEMENT % PERCENT OF TOTAL ATOMS
% OF TOTAL MASS Hydrogen 91.2% 71.0% Helium 8.7% 27.1% Oxygen 0.078% 0.97% Carbon 0.043% 0.40% Nitrogen 0.0088% 0.096% Silicon 0.0045% 0.099% Magnesium 0.0038% 0.076% Neon 0.0035% 0.058% Iron 0.030% 0.014% Sulfur 0.015% 0.040% slowbuddy.com

6 HOW DOES SOL AFFECT LIFE ON EARTH?
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7 For us: 1) Warms our planet 2) The sun helps or cure some conditions
3) Gentle sun rays prevent diabetes 4) Sun rays prevent some sickness en.wikipedia.org

8 2) Without the sun there will be no living things even plants
For the plants: 1) For photosynthesis 2) Without the sun there will be no living things even plants en.wikipedia.org

9 THANK U FOR LISTENING!! public-domain-photos.org

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