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Earth and Space, Lesson 2: stars and their patte ...

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  • TRUE OR FALSE                                               A star you see today may have stopped glowing many years ago
    True
  • The distance that light travels in one year
    Light Year
  • Sphere of hot gas that gives off light and heat.
    Star
  • TRUE OR FALSE?                                       If you looked at the location of constellations from a different part of the universe, you would see different patterns 
    True
  • How many constellations have been identified by astronomers?
    88 constellations
  • Stars form when matter comes together and starts to give off?
    Energy and light
  • A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
    constellation
  • Star colors occur because of what?
    its surface temperature
  • the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime
    star cycle
  • Which are the colors for warmer stars?
    white or blue
  • Constellations were named after what?
    animals, fictional characters and objects
  • Approximately how many minutes does it take for Sun light to reach Earth.
    8 minutes
  • TRUE OR FALSE                                      If you travel in the direction of the Polaris you will be moving South
    False
  • Approximatley how old is the Sun?
    5 billion years
  • In which hemisphere can you see few constellations visible all year long?
    Northern Hemisphere
  • The stars appear to move because of Earth's what?
    Earth Rotation and Revolution 
  • TRUE OR FALSE                        Different kinds of stars have one cycle
    True
  • Which are the colors for the cooler stars?
    Red and Orange
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