Self-Assessment Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 3
What Does It Mean to Explore?
Self-Assessment
Matching
Match the names in the left column with the descriptions in the right in your Reader's Notebook.
A. Cassiopeia
B. Big Bear
C. Orion
D. Polaris
E. Aries
F. The Pleiades
G. Bootes
1. – The star that tells you the way North
2. – A constellation also called Ursa Major
3. – A ram-shaped constellation
4. – This constellation forms a W
5. - Seven very bright stars
6. – This constellation forms the shape of a kite
7. – A constellation that has three bright stars in its belt
2. – A constellation also called Ursa Major
3. – A ram-shaped constellation
4. – This constellation forms a W
5. - Seven very bright stars
6. – This constellation forms the shape of a kite
7. – A constellation that has three bright stars in its belt
The names of the constellations begin with capital letters because they are proper nouns. Decide which nouns in the following paragraph should begin with a capital letter.
the big dipper has many names around the world. the vikings called it the wagon because it travels around the sky. the malaysians call it a canoe for similar reasons. in arabia, it is a coffin with three stars following to mourn. in china, the stars of the big dipper form the right wall of the purple forbidden enclosure.
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