Dog Days of Summer

Where does the term Dog Days come from?

•  because people feel like a dog on these days

•  it's so hot outside you don't want to go out

•  it starts with the stars

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As Earth________  it looks like the two dogs follow Orion across the sky from east to west 

• Spins

• Orbits

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The brightest star in the night sky comes from the constellation

• Canis Major

• Canis Minor

There is a star that appears to be brighter than the Dog Star, but it’s not a star you see at night, That star is the Sun. It looks bigger and brighter because…..

• It is much closer to Earth

• it much bigger than the Dog Star

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Summer is a good time to see the Dog Star

• True

• False

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Long ago they thought that the Dog Star made the days

• Hot

• Cold

• Warm

Earth orbits the sun once every year. In _______________, Earth is on the same side of the sun as the Dog Star.

• January

• July

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The stars are not really gone when we can’t see them. We know that the _______ of Earth causes the _________ of change we see in the sky.

Choose the correct words, in the correct order to fill in the blanks

• motion and patterns

• patterns and motion

• spinning and orbiting

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