Stars

What causes the Sun to appear to move around us during the day?

• The orbit of Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The Sun is rotating around us because Earth is in the center

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why do we not see the same stars in the sky every night?

• Stars disappear and then reappear at random times.

• Stars are moving at a fast pace and it's hard to see them.

• The Earth revolves and rotates so we are always facing different stars.

• The earth moves on a line through the universe so its like riding in an airplane across the country.

True or False: Although the stars APPEAR to change position, their positions in the universe are NOT changing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What star does not seem to move in the night sky?

• Venus

• Polaris

• Alpha Centauri

• Our sun

The constellations in the sky change from season to season because of

• earth's rotation on its axis

• earth's revolution around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun and the constellations appear to move across the sky because of

• earth's rotation on its axis

• earth's revolution around the sun

People in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres see the same constellations.

• true

• false

The name of the north star

CONSTELLATIONS are:

• a group of stars that forms a pattern

• a group of planets

• a group of nebulaes

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Navigators traveled great distances across the Pacific Ocean in sailing canoes, navigating by reading

• Stars and constellations

• The moon, compasses and the sun

• Sextant, maps and the stars