Discovery Education - Patterns in the Sky

What about Earth causes the constellations to a pear to move across the night sky?

• tilt

• rotation

• revolution

• gravity

Why do some large stars appear to be the same size as smaller ones? Some larger stars appear to be the same size as smaller stars because they are _________________.

• closer

• farther away

• the same distance away

• all a different brightness

There are billions of stars. How does the sun fit into the family of stars? The sun is considered to be ____________________ in size.

• giant

• small

• large

• medium

What about the big dipper changes as the seasons change?

• size

• shape

• position in the sky

• brightness of the stars

Seasons were marked by ancient people using which of the following?

• storms

• eclipses

• moon phases

• constellations

A constellation is a group of _______________.

• stars

• planets

• asteroids

• all of the above

Stars that are connected together by imaginary lines are called: _________________

• nebula

• galaxy

• solar system

• constellation

What makes the largest stars appear tiny from Earth?

• color

• distance

• brightness

• atmosphere

The sun is one of how many stars?

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

The sun is classified as a ______________.

• star

• moon

• planet

• asteroid