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KEY to ‘Moon and Mars’
3 the sun and all the planets that move around it
4 1 Mercury – Merkúr
2 Venus – Vénusz
3 Earth – Föld
4 Mars – Mars
7 Uranus - Uránusz
5 Jupiter – Jupiter 8 Neptune - Neptunusz
6 Saturn – Szaturnusz
9 Pluto – Plútó
5 Ancient Roman gods have the same names.
6 Mercury: god of thieving, Venus: goddess of love, Mars: god of war, Jupiter: god of thunder and lightning, Saturn: god of
agriculture, Uranus: god of heaven and sky, Neptune: god of sea, Pluto: god of the underworld
7 a. Jupiter, b. Mars, c. Earth, d. Mercury, e. Saturn, f. Pluto
8 hours; brighter; identify; catches; orbit; month; planet; crescent moon
9 1g
2e
3a
4b
5d
6c
7f
10 A 1., 2. and 6 are TRUE.
10 B
3. F
Mars was brighter in 2003 than now.
4. F
Mars appears now as an ordinary star.
5. F
Mars is not up all night, so it can be perfectly seen only before dawn.
7. F
It can be best seen in the beginning of April.
8. F
Mars is reddish in colour.
Transcript:
JB: This is Earth and Sky for Saturday, April 2. I'm Joel Block.
DB: And I'm Deborah Byrd. People have been asking when you'll be able to see the planet Mars. This next-door neighbor to
Earth was very bright and fiery red in our sky in August and September of 2003.
JB: But don't expect Mars to be that bright now. In 2003, Mars was at its closest to Earth. Right now, it's much farther away - far across the solar system from us. So, right now, the planet Mars appears as an ordinary "star" -- only as bright as
many true stars -- in the night sky. Also, Mars isn't up all night now . . .
DB: It's visible only in the hours before dawn. But Mars will be getting brighter as this year passes. And you can identify
Mars now -- and watch its brightness increase as Earth catches up to Mars in our smaller, faster orbit around the sun.
Mars will be brightest this year in November. By then it'll be up all night.
JB: This month, Sunday or Monday mornings -- April 3 and 4 -- are good times to look for Mars. That's because then the
planet will be near the waning crescent moon in the predawn sky. Just go outside before sunup and look for the moon.
Mars is a planet, but it looks like a star. If you look carefully, you might see that Mars is reddish in color. It'll be right
next to the moon on Sunday and Monday mornings.
DB: For a chart showing Mars near the moon, come to earthsky.org. We're Block and Byrd for Earth and Sky.*
11 It very much seems to be an eye. Such a big eye could only belong to someone who is supernatural.
12 1g
13 small
fast
bright
close
good
bad
far
2f
3a
smaller
faster
brighter
closer
better
worse
farther
further
4e
5b
6c
7d
the smallest
the fastest
the brightest
the closest
the best
the worst
the farthest
the furthest
14 1 astronomer
psychologist: a scientist who studies the mind and how it influences behaviour
astrologer: a person who studies the planets in order to tell people’s future and their character
2 to orbit around something
to run away: to leave a place suddenly; to escape
to follow somebody: to come or go after or behind somebody
3 dawn
sunset: the time when sun goes down
noon: 12 o’ clock in the middle of the day; midday
4 sunset
morning: the early part of the day
sunrise: the time when the sun first appears in the sky in the morning
Moon and Mars – Sághy
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