Moon to Pass in Front of the Pleiades Star Cluster
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A special sky event will happen over Algeria.
It will be on Wednesday night.
The Moon will pass in front of a group of stars.
This group of stars is called the Pleiades.
People call the Pleiades the star cluster.
A star cluster is a big group of stars close together.
This is called an occultation.
An occultation is when one object hides another object.
People in Algeria can watch this event at night.
They do not need special tools to see it.
Two more sky events will happen over Jordan.
They will happen on Wednesday and Thursday.
These events are linked to a season called Al-Wasm.
Al-Wasm is a time of year with cold weather.
People enjoy watching these events in the sky.
Vocabulary15 words
- sky event
- something special that happens in the sky
- Moon
- the round object we see in the night sky
- Pleiades
- a famous group of stars
- star cluster
- many stars close together
- occultation
- when one object hides another
- season
- a time of year
- cold weather
- weather with low temperature
- night sky
- the sky we see after dark
- watch
- to look at something
- group
- many things together
- special
- not normal; important
- event
- something that happens
- pass in front of
- to move in front of something
- tools
- things we use to do something
- time of year
- a part of the year
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1. Pass in front of the Pleiades 2. A star cluster 3. True
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A special _____ will happen over Algeria.
It will be on _____ night.
The _____ will pass in front of a group of stars.
This group of stars is called the _____.
This is called an _____.
An occultation is when one object _____ another object.
Two more sky events will happen over _____.
These events are linked to a _____ called Al-Wasm.
Al-Wasm is a time of year with _____ weather.
People enjoy watching these events in the _____.
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