Constellations

TRUE or FALSE.  People living in the northern and southern hemispheres see the same constellations.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE.  Stars in constellations are actually located very close to each other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• planets

• stars

• patterns

• creatures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What are the three important constellations?
 

• Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Orion  

• Ursa Major, Big Dipper, Orion  

• Ursa big, Ursa small, Orion 

• Polaris, Ursa Minor, Orion  

Ursa Major is also called “Great Bear” and is one of the largest constellations.  

• True

• False

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

• Earth

• Mars

• Planets

• sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Who founded constellations?

• Chinese

• Europeans

• Ancient Greeks

• Americans

What are patterns in the night sky called?

• planets

• galaxies

• constellations

Star patterns are called what?

• constellations

• zones

• phases

How were constellations originally named and identified?

• by their brightness

• by their distance from the Earth

• Longitude and latitude

• By the patterns they form in the sky