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What are constellations?

What are constellations?

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5th Grade

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Mike Cummings

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17 Slides • 14 Questions

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What are constellations?

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What do we call star patterns in the night sky?

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Comets

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Connect the Dots

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Constellations

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Quasars

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Multiple Choice

Which constellation in the Northern Hemisphere would probably be the easiest to see at night?

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The Big Dipper

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Cassiopeia

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Andromeda

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Hercules

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Which 3 of the following are other names for the Big Dipper?

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Ursa Minor

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Ursa Major

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Mother Bear

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Cepheus

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Big Bear

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Multiple Choice

Which is the most important constellation in the night sky?

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Ursa Major

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Little Dipper

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Orion

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Pegasus

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Which 2 of the following are other names for the Little Dipper?

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Ursa Minor

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Baby (Little) Bear

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Big Bear

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Pappa Bear

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Multiple Choice

What important star is found in the Little Dipper?

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the North Star

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Sirius

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the Sun

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Betelgeuse

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Multiple Choice

What is another name for the North Star?

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Sagittarius

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Rigel

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Magellan

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Polaris

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Multiple Choice

By finding Polaris, the North Star, you would be facing which direction?

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South

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North

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East

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West

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Who was the famous African American escaped slave who risked their life to help others escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

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Jennifer Tubman

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Harriet Tillerman

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Harriet Tubman

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Marianne Applebee

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Which two things appear to make some constellations change position throughout the day and year?

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Earth's tilt

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Earth's rotation

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Having day and night

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Spring Tides

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Multiple Choice

You can easily find Orion the Hunter by finding what?

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the Andromeda galaxy

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his dog constellation

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the three stars in his belt

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the Big Dipper

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Which constellation is shaped like a W and is by Greek mythology a beautiful queen?

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Cepheus

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Cygnus

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Canis Major

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Cassiopeia

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Multiple Choice

Because stars, nebulas and galaxies are so far away, which unit of measure do scientists use?

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Miles

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Light Year

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Astronomical Unit

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Inches

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Multiple Choice

The closest galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, and is known as our sister galaxy is;

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Andromeda

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Cassiopeia

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Cepheus

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Camelopardia

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What are constellations?

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