Patterns of Earth and Sky

Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?

• They are covered up by the clouds.

• They are very far away from earth.

• The sun blocks out the other stars.

• The sun's brightness overwhelms the brightness of the stars.

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Why is the sun up sometimes but not other times?

• The sun sets every day.

• Earth spins once per day.

• The clouds cover the sun.

• The sun spins once per day.

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Why do we see differen stars and different times of year?

• Earth is in different places in orbit during the year.

• Certain stars only come out during different seasons.

• No one wants to look at the stars during the winter.

• Earth spins once per day.

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How does Earth move?

• Earth only spins.

• Earth goes in orbit around the sun.

• Earth spins each day and orbits the sun each year.

• Earth doesn't move.

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How do different stars appears as we see them from Earth?

• The farther away the stars are from Earth the brighter they appear.

• The closer to Earth the stars are, the smaller they appear.

• The closer to Earth the stars are, the larger they appear.

• All stars look bright no matter how close or far they are to Earth.

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TRUE or FALSE Stars are all around Earth and in every direction.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE Stars are like the sun, except they are very tiny.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE The sun seems brighter because it is bigger than other stars.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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TRUE or FALSE We only see most stars at night because the sun is too bright in the daytime.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Stars are very ________________ Earth in every direction.

• close to

• far away from

• quickly moving towards