read the passage. there are several questions about this passage.

from astronomy: heavenly creatures

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we are all of us starstruck from the start, mesmerized by the spangled view of the nighttime sky, now longing to pull it close, like a mother, now cowering beneath its impolite diamond detachment. soon we are able to pick out at least a few of the easier constellations—certainly the big dipper, maybe the little dipper, too, and boy orion with his bright belt and sword, and the five - star flipping of cassiopeia. we learn to distinguish between stars and planets by whether they twinkle or shine, for stars are so distant that they appear as mere points of light in the sky, and that light is easily bent and twisted by turbulence in our atmosphere, while the planets are close enough that their radiance passes through air with scarcely a diversion or reflection, and so planets will bluntly, unwaveringly shine. indeed, with an ordinary backyard telescope and under the right conditions, you can see the cheeky open - out faces of our siblings in the solar system—jupiter and its red spot, which is really a giant gaseous hurricane big enough to engulf three earths and which has lasted for at least four hundred years; saturn and its hallmark halo loops of ice, dust, and rock; tangerine mars and moon - white venus. but even our most powerful telescopes cannot resolve stars into far - away suns, no matter how massive the star they be; all stars are too far away to be sized and analyzed as anything but points of light.

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we stare and stare at the night, looking for something, anything, to shake some of the thundering silence—welcome, pantomime, anagram, vulgar mind - meld. can’t you just say something? don’t you hear us? here we are! and as we stare, we are a streak of light, a wild platinum cat scratch pressing the edge toward screen, and we’re thrilled, each time, and filled again with goofy hope. a shooting star? rare? oh, we know! they’re not stars. they are meteors, space debris, the bits of interplanetary rock with which our...

what connection does the author make between constellations and the phases of the moon?
1. they both reveal the randomness and chaos of the universe.
2. they both appear to twinkle when viewed through a telescope.
3. they both helped scientists understand the phenomenon of shooting stars.
4. they both appeal to humans’ desire to make meaning from patterns and to keep records.

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read the passage. there are several questions about this passage.

from astronomy: heavenly creatures

1
we are all of us starstruck from the start, mesmerized by the spangled view of the nighttime sky, now longing to pull it close, like a mother, now cowering beneath its impolite diamond detachment. soon we are able to pick out at least a few of the easier constellations—certainly the big dipper, maybe the little dipper, too, and boy orion with his bright belt and sword, and the five - star flipping of cassiopeia. we learn to distinguish between stars and planets by whether they twinkle or shine, for stars are so distant that they appear as mere points of light in the sky, and that light is easily bent and twisted by turbulence in our atmosphere, while the planets are close enough that their radiance passes through air with scarcely a diversion or reflection, and so planets will bluntly, unwaveringly shine. indeed, with an ordinary backyard telescope and under the right conditions, you can see the cheeky open - out faces of our siblings in the solar system—jupiter and its red spot, which is really a giant gaseous hurricane big enough to engulf three earths and which has lasted for at least four hundred years; saturn and its hallmark halo loops of ice, dust, and rock; tangerine mars and moon - white venus. but even our most powerful telescopes cannot resolve stars into far - away suns, no matter how massive the star they be; all stars are too far away to be sized and analyzed as anything but points of light.

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we stare and stare at the night, looking for something, anything, to shake some of the thundering silence—welcome, pantomime, anagram, vulgar mind - meld. can’t you just say something? don’t you hear us? here we are! and as we stare, we are a streak of light, a wild platinum cat scratch pressing the edge toward screen, and we’re thrilled, each time, and filled again with goofy hope. a shooting star? rare? oh, we know! they’re not stars. they are meteors, space debris, the bits of interplanetary rock with which our...

what connection does the author make between constellations and the phases of the moon?
1. they both reveal the randomness and chaos of the universe.
2. they both appear to twinkle when viewed through a telescope.
3. they both helped scientists understand the phenomenon of shooting stars.
4. they both appeal to humans’ desire to make meaning from patterns and to keep records.

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# Brief Explanations:
To solve this, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: The passage doesn't suggest constellations or moon phases show randomness/chaos.
- Option 2: The passage focuses on stars twinkling (due to distance/atmosphere) and planets not, but there's no mention of moon phases twinkling through a telescope.
- Option 3: The passage explains shooting stars (they're not stars) but doesn't link constellations or moon phases to understanding them.
- Option 4: Humans are "starstruck", learn constellations, and look for meaning in the night sky. Constellations are patterns, and moon phases are also a pattern humans observe/keep records of (e.g., lunar calendars). This aligns with the human desire to make meaning from patterns.

# Answer:
4. They both appeal to humans’ desire to make meaning from patterns and to keep records.

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