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a group of stars that from earth ,resemble a reconizable form.
What is a constellation
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a _ _ _ _ is a huge ball of hot gas, or plasma that is in the sky
What is a star
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this consellation looks like a bear
What is Ursa Major
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smaller reconizable star patterns within a larger consellation
What are asterisms
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the _ _ _ is a meduim mass star
What is the sun
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this star explodes (specific star)
What is a supernova star
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a star in its first stage of formation
What is a protostar
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medium mass stars _ _ _ _ their fuel faster than low mass stars do
What is burn
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these stars are more than 10 times the mass of the sun
What is a high mass star
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region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light ,can escape.
What is a black hole
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astronomers discribe stars in three general mass catergories; _ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _, _ _ _ _
What is low, medium, high
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an asterism (example)
What is the big dipper
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a term that refers to any observable occurance relating to astronomy
What is an astronomical phenomenon
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stars have life _ _ _ _ _ _ during which they form and then evolve in one of three main ways
What is cycles
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these stars burn their fuel faster than low mass stars do
What is medium mass stars
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