5th grade ch 4 lesson 2

What do you call an explosive eruption of waves and particles into space?

• constellation

• solar flare

• sunspots

What do you call a group of stars that form a pattern?

• constellation

• solar flare

• sunspots

What do you call dark spots that move on the face of the sun?

• constellation

• solar flare

• sunspots

True or false: The sun is one of the largest stars in the galaxy?

• true

• false

The reason the statement: The sun is one of the largest stars in the galaxy is false is because....

• the sun is a medium sized star

• the sun is a planet

true or false: Polaris does not seem to move as Earth rotates?

• true

• false

The reason the statement: Polaris does not seem to move as Earth rotates is true is becasue....

• Polaris is almost directly above the North Pole

• Polaris is directly above Ohio

If you look at a star at 7pm and again at 9pm, will it be in the same spot?

• yes, it will be in the same spot

• no, it will be in a different spot