Constellations and Seasons

An imaginary line around which Earth rotates

• orbit

• day

• tilt

• axis

Object orbiting another object. 

• revolution 
• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Object spinning on its axis. 

• revolution
• rotation

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS1-1

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

True or False

Constellations are a group of stars that can be seen forming a pattern of an animal, person, or object.

• True

• False

To get the sun to appear bigger in our sky, how would the distance between the sun and earth have to change?

• Earth would have to move closer to the sun
• Earth would have to move farther from the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are stars?

• Rocky bodies

• huge balls of very hot, glowing gases in space that produce their own heat, light and energy

• 5 pointed shapes

• Hollywood actors