Crossword Puzzle prepared by Desiree Ann Yambao
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- 6. What is the result of changing positions of the sun throughout the year?
- 8. Ancient astronomers, such as the Greeks were aware of the slow, cylical ____.
- 9. Who relied on naked eye observations to study the night of the sky?
- 11. _____ stars was distinguished from the fixed stars.
- 13. What moves across the sky sometimes appearing to mobe backward before resumung their normal path?
- 14. The patterns of stars and constellations were created for ____ of years.
- 15. Exceptionally bright star in the night sky is called as _____.
- 18. Because of its regular occurence,multiple meteors appear to radiate from a specific point in the sky.
- 19. What was developed by ancient cultures based on celestial events making solstices and equinoxes?
- 20. Where was the multiple meteors noticed?
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- 1. They have been identifying patterns of stars and creating constellations.
- 2. Over long periods, the positions of stars and constellations shift due to Earth's____.
- 3. The ____ of bright stars and visible planets was a key aspect of ancient astronomy.
- 4. They often interpreted the appearance of comets as_____.
- 5. What kind of motion when planets move backward?
- 7. Also known as exceptionally bright star.
- 10. It has distinctive tails and were observed by ancient astronomers.
- 12. It is the regular occurence of the moon passing infront of the sun.
- 16. _____ constellation is associated with the meteor showers.
- 17. The scattered sunlight by interplanetary dust along the solar system.