Vocabulary
a big star
Giant Star
star that is seen all year round
the North Star
a group of stars that make a pattern
Constellation
the sun is at the _________ of our solar system
center
a huge ball of gases
Star
stars look like they move because
the Earth rotates
astronomers recognize _____ constellations
88
the sun's core is about _________ degrees farenheit
28 million
a small star
White Dwarf
3 ways classify stars
size, color, distance
name 2 constellations
(answers vary) Big Dipper/Big Bear/Ursa Major, Little Dipper/Little Bear/Ursa Minor, Orion, Draco, etc.
the core is made up of 2 gases
hydrogen and helium
someone who studies space
Astronomer
we can't see stars during the day because
the sun's light outshines them
constellations can help people with
farming, direction, locating stars, etc.
it is closer to Earth
the 3 layers of the sun's atmosphere
photosphere, chromosphere, corona
the ________ telescope takes pictures from space
Hubble
we see different constellations at different seasons because
the Earth revolves around the sun
why is the sun important to life on Earth?
light, heat, water cycle, food chain