Lesson 5: How do Stars seem to move during the Night and Year?

A scientist who studies objects and energy in space.

• astronomer

• astrologist

• physicist

• constellation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major.

• Big Dipper

• Little Dipper

• Orion

• Polaris

The seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Minor.

• Orion

• Polaris

• Big Dipper

• Little Dipper

A constellation named after a hunter from ancient Greek mythology.

• Orion

• Betelgeuse

• Polaris

• Big Dipper

A constellation that has a star pattern that looks like an arachnid from ancient Greek mythology.

• Cygnus

• Orion

• Scorpion

• Polaris

Red supergiant star in the Orion Constellation located in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Polaris

• Orion

• Rigel

• Betelgeuse

semicircle

• ecliptic

• arc

• guide

• post

In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock.

• revolution

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• solar eclipse

North Star

• Orion

• Polaris

• Betelgeuse

• Little Dipper

A section of the sky that has a recognizable star pattern. Some star patterns, such as the Big Dipper, are part this.

• Solar System

• Constellation

• Orion

• rotation