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exploring the night sky

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Meteor   A piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere  
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Meteorite   A meteor that falls to Earth ,also called a shooting star  
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Comet   An icy ball that contains dust and rock and travel in an elliptical orbit around the Sun  
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Planet   A large object the circles a star and does not produce i's own light  
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Star   A huge globe of hot gases that shines by it's own light  
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Constellation   A group of stars that forrms a pattern in the night sky  
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Revolution   Earrth's yearly tip around the sun, which causes the seasons to change  
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Rotation   The spinning of the Earth that causes day and night  
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Axis   An imaginary rod stretching through the planet between the North and South poles  
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Telescope   Reflecting and refracting  
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Reflecting uses   A curved mirror  
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Reflecting telescopes are easier to build because   It is easier to build a large mirror than alarge lens  
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Refracting telescope uses   lenses  
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Another name for the North Star is   Polaris  
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Polaris lies directly above the   North Pole  
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Earth's Makes the stars appear to move across the night sky   rotation  
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One of Earth's takes about 24 hours   rotation  
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A planet is different from a star because it does not produce it's own   light  
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The word comes from the Greek word wandering stara   planet  
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The big dipper is a part of the constellation called   ursa major  
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The object that is known as the morning star is called   Venus  
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