Constellation Review

A ball of burning gas that gives off light is a star

• True

• False

What constellation points to the North Star?

• Hercules

• The Big Dipper, Ursa Major

• Crux

• Cancer

The sun is

• located at the center of the solar system

• considered a gas giant

• orbiting Earth

• not a star

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A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  

• planets
• stars
• patterns
• creatures

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As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars in them appear to _________.  

• move across the sky
• stand still in the sky
• move around each other
• rotate

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People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.

• True
• False

Constellations may be only visible during certain seasons due to the Earth’s orbit around the____.  

• Earth
• Mars
• Planets
• sun

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Which constellation is best known because it contains the “big dipper,” which looks like a ladle.

• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor
• Orion
• Polaris

Polaris always points

• East 
• West
• North
• South

Why does Polaris not seem to move during the night?

• Because it is located directly above the North Pole

• Because it is fixed in the sky

• Because Ursa Minor does not move

• Because it revolves around the Sun with Earth

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