Patterns in the Sky

Most stars rise in the ________ and set in the _________.

(a)  

What can you do to tell how stars change their positions in the sky each night?

• Observe a different star at a different time each night.

• Observe the same star at the same time each night.

• Observe the same star at a different time each night.

• Observe a different star at the same time each night.

People above the equator in the Northern hemisphere see different constellations than people below the equator in the Southern hemisphere.

• True

• False

Florida is in the _____________ hemisphere.

• southern

• western

• eastern

• northern

Read the following sentence: The Southern Cross constellation is only visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which clue word helps you decide where this constellation can be seen, or where it is located?

• Cross

• Hemisphere

• Southern

• visible

Choose all true statements about an axis.

• It is an imaginary line.

• The Earth rotates on an axis.

• Earth's axis passes through the North Pole, the the center of the earth, and the South Pole.

• It divides the earth into North and South.

How long does it take to observe a star in the same position, at the exact time of night again, at another time?

• one day later

• one year later

• one week later

• one month later

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The earth moves around the (a)   .

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The sun moves or rotates around the moon.

• True

• False

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Choose all that apply.

Orion is visible __________.

• all year long

• only during summer

• only during winter

• contains the brightest star in the sky