What are constellations?

What are constellations?

​by...Michael J Cummings

Multiple Choice

What do we call star patterns in the night sky?

• Comets

• Connect the Dots

• Constellations

• Quasars

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

• The Big Dipper

• Cassiopeia

• Andromeda

• Hercules

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

• Ursa Minor

• Ursa Major

• Mother Bear

• Cepheus

• Big Bear

Multiple Choice

Which is the most important constellation in the night sky?

• Ursa Major

• Little Dipper

• Orion

• Pegasus

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

• Ursa Minor

• Baby (Little) Bear

• Big Bear

• Pappa Bear

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What important star is found in the Little Dipper?

• the North Star

• Sirius

• the Sun

• Betelgeuse

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What is another name for the North Star?

• Sagittarius

• Rigel

• Magellan

• Polaris

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

• South

• North

• East

• 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?

• Jennifer Tubman

• Harriet Tillerman

• Harriet Tubman

• Marianne Applebee

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

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's rotation

• Having day and night

• Spring Tides

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You can easily find Orion the Hunter by finding what?

• the Andromeda galaxy

• his dog constellation

• the three stars in his belt

• the Big Dipper

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

• Cepheus

• Cygnus

• Canis Major

• Cassiopeia

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

• Miles

• Light Year

• Astronomical Unit

• Inches

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

• Andromeda

• Cassiopeia

• Cepheus

• Camelopardia