Draw sketches to show the relative position of prominent stars in (a) Ursa Major and (b) Orion

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Solution

(a) Ursa Major appears like a big dipper. There are three bright stars in the handle and four stars in the bowl of the dipper (as shown in the given figure).

(b) Orion appears like a hunter. Three bright stars appear in the belt, while five bright stars are arranged in the form of a quadrilateral (as shown in the given figure).

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(1) Ursa Major	(a) The queen
(2) Orion	(b) Big bear
(3) Cassiopeia	(c) Pole star constellation
(4) Ursa minor	(d) Hunter

Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:

(a) The stars appear to ___ in the sky.

(b) The sun is a ___ whereas Orion is a ___.

(d) The brightest star in the night sky is ___.

(e) Ursa Major constellation appears to revolve around the ___ star in the night sky.

(f) Orion constellation can be used to locate the position of ___ star whereas Ursa Major constellation can be used to locate the ___ star in the night sky.

(g) The planet which is farthest from the sun is ___.

(h) The planet which appears reddish in colour is ___.

(i) The small heavenly bodies revolving around the sun between the orbits of mars and jupiter are called ___.

(j) Asteroids are found between the orbits of ___ and ___.

(k) Shooting stars are actually not ___.

(l) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as ___.

(m) A meteoroid becomes a ___ on entering Earth's atmosphere.

(n) The long distance transmission of television programmes has been made possible with the help of ___ satellites.

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