Constellations And Space Travel

What constellation is this?

• Orion
• Taurus
• Canis Major
• Gemini

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

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

• True
• False

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

• planets
• stars
• patterns
• creatures

The sky is divided into ____ constellations.

• 11
• 22
• 44
• 88

Visible stars that form a pattern in the sky are called...

• galaxies
• constellations
• meteors
• dot to dot

What constellation has the Little Dipper as part of its pattern?

• Ursa Minor
• Ursa Major
• Polaris
• Andromeda

What constellation is this?

• Draco
• Ursa Minor
• Corona Borealis
• Cepheus

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

• Earth
• Mars
• Planets
• Sun

The term Zodiac refers to ...

• the light from Saturn's rings
• the head of the Celestial Empire
• a method for making astrological predictions
• a group of constellations lying near the ecliptic