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Stars With Fuzzy Tails Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Wildlife sanctuary – a large area where birds and wild animals are protected
- Constellation – a group of stars that make a pattern in the sky
- Galaxy – a collection of different star systems like our solar system
Question 1: Complete the sentences:
(a) Sariska is a wildlife sanctuary.
(b) The dimly lit bungalow was a good place to see the stars because little or no artificial city lights would spoil the view of the night sky.
(c) Rohan and his father wanted to closely watch the Great Bear.
(d) To observe the stars closely, they needed a telescope.
(e) The first one to see a comet was Edmond Halley.
(f) Scientists expect the next Halley’s Comet in 2061.
Question 2: Why did Rohan and his father choose Sariska for their stargazing activity?
Answer: Rohan and his father chose Sariska for their stargazing activity because they wanted to look more closely at the Great Bear – a constellation in our Milky Way galaxy.
Question 3: ‘Dad, look at this! Oh! It’s gone!’ Why did Rohan say this? What was ‘gone’? How do you think he felt at that moment?
Answer: Rohan said this when he focused on a cluster of stars. A comet was gone. He felt sad at that moment.
Question 4: In what ways is a comet like the Moon and the Earth?
Answer: Like Moon, a comet has no light of its own and like the Earth, a comet goes around the sun.
Question 5: ‘Both times, people all over the world stood outside at night, to see it. When were these ‘times’?
Answer: These ‘times’ were:
The last time, Halley’s Comet came near the sun and the earth in 1986 and the time before that was way back in 1910.
Question 6: What recent discoveries (in 2011) have been made by scientists?
Answer: Scientists recently discovered another solar system with two suns and about as many planets as our solar system. They have also discovered that Mars has a hundred times more water that what was earlier believed.
So, these were Stars With Fuzzy Tails Questions & Answers.