The Sun is a bright, warm ball in the sky.
It gives us light and makes the day warm.
A shadow is a dark shape on the ground.
It appears when something blocks the Sun’s light.
Stand in the Sun and watch your shadow move.
Try making a funny shape with your arms.
Shadows change when the Sun moves across the sky.
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Volcanoes grow where tectonic plates collide or drift apart. Heat melts rock into light, buoyant magma that rises, cools, and hardens near the surface, building the cone layer by layer.
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