The night sky

A telescope is used to see which of the following?

• Fossils

• The moon in the sky

• insects on a leaf

• reading a book

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A telescope is used to see objects that are further away. True or False?

• True

• False

Star patterns in the sky are known as

• Constellations

• characters

• stars

• the sun

Jon observes a star pattern at 8:00 p.m. He then goes back outside to observe the same star pattern. What would happen to the star pattern?

• There would be no changes

• The star pattern would change into a new shape

• The star pattern would now have more stars

• The star pattern would be the same but in a different location

You go outside and sketch the Big Dipper into a notepad at 9:00 p.m. You go back outside and sketch the big dipper again at 11:00. Draw how the sketch would appear.

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You go outside at 9:00 p.m. and sketch the big dipper. You go back outside at 11:00 p.m. to sketch the Big Dipper again. Use the right side to show how your sketch would appear now.

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Earth rotating on its axis

• creates seasons

• makes star patterns appear to move

• creates constellations

• creates more or less stars in the sky

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Earth revolving around the sun creates

• day and night

• seasons

• Stars to shift across the sky

• Stars to become smaller than bigger

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Star patterns change shape as they move across the sky. True or False?

• True

• False