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Worksheet time: 9mins
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.
Stars appear to twinkle because
of their temperature
their light is passing through our atmosphere
they constantly change direction
to make a wish on
How is a star created?
An already existing planets sets on fire in space.
Rocks and debris in space float near each other in space and friction causes them to light on fire, this causes a very high temperature and lots of light.
When huge clouds of gas and dusk (nebulae) start to form in to clumps and gravity pulls these clumps together, this makes the cloud hotter and hotter as nuclear fusion takes place.
What gases are burnt to keep a star alive?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Helium
How does a star die?
The star starts to run out of hydrogen to burn
The star runs out of oxygen to burn
The star runs out of helium to burn
They can't die
What is a supernova?
When two stars collide in space this causes an explosion
A type of star
When large stars die and the nuclear reaction inside them stops, the gravity in the star forces it to collapse in on itself and it begins to explode.
A type of cereal
Constellations are
A formation of planets
Patterns of stars in the sky that form imaginary shapes
