Patterns in the Sky

What about Earth causes the constellations to appear to move across the sky nightly?

• tilt

• rotation

• revolution

• atmosphere

Why do some large stars appear to be the same size as smaller ones? Some larger stars appear to be the same size as smaller stars because they are ____

• closer

• farther away

• the same distance away

• all a different brightness

There are billions of stars. How does the sun fit into the family of stars? The sun is considered to be ____ in size.

• giant

• small

• large

• medium

What about the big dipper (Polaris) has changed as the season changed?

• size

• shape

• position in the sky

• brightness of the stars

Seasons were marked by ancient people using which of the following?

• storms

• eclipses

• moon phases

• constellations

A constellation is a group of _____

• stars

• planets

• asteroids

• galaxies

Look at the following picture of a group of stars. What is this known as?

• nebula

• galaxy

• solar system

• constellation

What makes the largest stars appear tiny from Earth?

• color

• distance

• brightness

• atmosphere

The sun is one of how many stars?

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

The sun is classified as a ____

• star

• moon

• planet

• asteroid