The Night Sky

The sky at night

• looks orange.

• has blue lights.

• is always black.

• shines and twinkles.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

A good place to watch the night sky is

• under the shelter of a tall tree.

• somewhere away from trees and buildings.

• from an open window of your house.

• right in the middle of the city.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

The brightest light in the night sky is

• the sun.

• a comet.

• the moon.

• a planet.

Planets look different from stars in the night sky because

• planets look green but stars are white.

• planets look much smaller than stars.

• planets are much harder to see than stars.

• planets do not twinkle the way stars do.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What does a comet look like?

• A comet looks like a bright green star.

• A comet looks like a tiny moon.

• A comet looks like a star with a long tail.

• A comet looks like a red moon.

The moon sometimes

• is bright yellow.

• looks big and round.

• looks like a square.

• is pale pink.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

At different times of the month

• the sun looks more golden.

• the moon looks different.

• the planets seems closer.

• the stars seem to disappear.

There are millions of

• stars in the sky at night.

• planets in our solar system.

• comets near the sun.

• moons around the Earth.

In the sky, a CONSTELLATION is a

• group of moons around a planet.

• group of stars that form a pattern.

• planet that has its own moon.

• planet from our solar system.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

The bright light _____ is the planet Venus.

• when the moon is bright

• after the moon has set

• in the east just before sunrise

• in the north after the sun sets

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2