bybyRachelHaywardRachelHaywardStargazingPAIREDREADOriontheHunterExpositoryTextASTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:JohnCarleton/Flickr/GettyImages(tl)BrandXPictures/PunchStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyParagraphCluesVocabularyastronomers,crescent,phases,rotates,series,sliver,specific,telescopeContentStandardsScienceEarthandSpaceScienceWordCount:1,448**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119190-1MHID:0-02-119190-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110StargazingEssentialQuestionHowdoyouexplainwhatyouseeinthesky?PAIREDREADbybyRachelHaywardRachelHaywardChapter1AncientViewsoftheSkies...............2Chapter2SkyMapsandCalendars.................6Chapter3ToolsforStudyingSpace................10RespondtoReading....................15OriontheHunter..............16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonScience..............20JohnCarleton/Flickr/GettyImagesAncientViewsoftheSkiesChapter1Scientiststhinktheseimagesofanimalsactuallyrepresentpatternsofstars.Forthousandsofyears,peoplehavelookedupatthenightskyandwonderedaboutthestars.Theyhavetriedtomaptheskies.Theyhavetoldstoriesaboutthemoonandstars.TheLascaux(la-SOH)cavesinFrancecontaincavepaintingsmademorethan16,000yearsagoduringtheStoneAge.Somescientiststhinkthatthesepaintingsrepresentchartsofthestarsthattheancientpeoplesawatnight.2AncientArt&ArchitectureCollectionLtd/AlamyAncientpeoplealsocreatedstoriesaboutthestars’beginnings.Forexample,theShoshonetellastorythate...
