Patterns of Earth and Sky Chapter 1 (CFA)

Why does the sun appear to be the brightest star?

• It is the biggest star.

• It is the closest star.

• It is the brightest star.

• The sun is a planet and not a star.

Why are most constellations are visible in the Northern Hemisphere but not in the Southern Hemisphere?

• because Earth revolves around the Sun

• because the atmospheres are different

• because Earth's magnetic field keeps them fixed

• because the Sun's brightness makes them hard to see

Define: Pattern

• Something that spins

• A fossil

• A collection of stars that form a shape

• Something that we observe to be similar over and over again

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How long does it take the Earth to orbit (revolve) around the Sun one time?

• 365 days - 1 year

• 24 hours - 1 day

• 3 days - 72 hours

• one month - 30 days

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Two students are looking at stars in the sky on a moonless night. One student points at a certain star and says that it is closer to Earth than all the other stars. What evidence best supports the student's claim about the closeness of the star?

• The star is a different color than the other stars.

• The star is twinkling more than the other stars.

• The star appears brighter than the other stars.

• The star appears smaller than the other stars.

Define: Astronomer

• A person who studies rocks.

• A person who studies pictures

• A person who studies stars. planets, and other objects in the universe.

• A person that travels to space/

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_____ can be seen only a few months at a time depending on the time of year

• shadows

• stars

• constellations

• sun

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Which statement describes how the brightness of light relates to distance?

• The less bright the street light is, the closer the student is to it.

• The less bright the star is, the closer it is to Earth.

• The brighter the star is, the farther it is from Earth.

• The brighter the street light is, the closer the student is to it.

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The path the Earth follows around the sun is ___.

• rotation

• orbit

• star

• gravity

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Why does the sky look different in each nighttime sections of the artifact?

• The astronomers used a model to represent the artifact.

• The artifact sections represent different seasons.

• The orbit of Earth around the Moon.

• The pull of gravity on the Earth's surface.

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