Chapter 3 Stars Quiz

True or False: The stars and constellations can cause hot weather.

• True

• False

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True or False: Long ago, people used the stars to tell what time of year it was.

• True

• False

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Earth’s position in its yearly orbit determines which stars we see in the night sky.

• True

• False

Why does the sky look different in each nighttime section of the artifact? Each section of the artifact shows a different constellation in the sky.

• A. because the sections show different times of the year.

• B. because the sky moves

• C. because the stars moved

• D. because different people made each section

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Why does the nighttime section of the artifact show other stars in the sky, but not the sun?

• that part of Earth is facing away from the sun.

• because the sun moved

• the other stars are brighter than the sun

• the clouds are covering the sun

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Why does the daytime section of the artifact show only the sun in the sky, but not other stars?

• the other stars are covered by the clouds

• the sun is too bright to see the other stars

• the other stars are too small

• the sun is bigger than the other stars

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On Earth, why does the pattern of daytime and nighttime repeat every day?

• because of Earth's orbit

• because of Earth's revolution

• because of Earth's rotation

• because people need to sleep

Why do people not fall off Earth?

• because gravity pushes them down

• because the atmosphere holds us down

• because gravity pulls us down

• because of the magnetic pull

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True or False: Stars are visible in the night sky when we are on the side of Earth that is facing toward the sun.

• True

• False

True or False: Earth orbits the sun at the same time as it spins.

• True

• False

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