1. 3.patterns of stars 2 3 people have always looked at and wondered about the stars ancient people...
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3. Patterns of Stars
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People have always looked at and wondered about the stars
Ancient people saw patterns in certain groups of stars
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The patterns looked like people, animals, and objects
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These groups of stars are called constellations
Vocabulary
constellations
A group of stars that form a pattern
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Throughout historypeople have used the position of these stars to guide them as they traveled on land and sea
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You may already know some of the 88 constellations
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Two stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper point to Polaris,
The North Star
Have you ever seen the Big Dipper?
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Wherever you are, when you look at Polaris, you are facing
north
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The Big Dipper is part of a large constellation called
Ursa Major
Ursa Major is a Latin name that means Great Bear
(Flag of Alaska)
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Polaris is part of Ursa MinorOr the Little Bear
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Every constellation has a Latin name
Many constellations are named after animals
Latin NameAnimal NameUrsa Major Big BearUrsa Minor Little BearPisces The Fishes
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Leo is a lion
Taurus is a bull
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Pisces represents two fish
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At the North Pole you can see only the constellations in the
northern part of the sky
Vocabulary
North Pole
The northern most point on Earth
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At the South Pole you can see only the constellations in the
southern part of the sky
Vocabulary
South Pole
The southern most point on Earth
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At the equator you can see all the constellations
Vocabulary:
equator
The imaginary line around the center of the
Earth
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Because Earth travels around the sun
The constellations appear in different parts of the sky at different times of the year
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Some constellations can be seen only during certain
seasons
Winter Constellations