Constellations

A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.

• Planets

• Rocks

• Light

• Stars

The constellation pattern may take the shape of an ___, ___, ____, ___, or object such as a crown or compass.

• planets, stars, animals, people

• stars, animals, people, man

• man, animals, stars, planets

• an animal, mythological creature, man, woman, 

The stars we see in each constellation are very close to us.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars in them appear to _________.  

• move across the sky

• stand still in the sky

• move around each other

• rotate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.

• FALSE

• TRUE

The sky is divided into ____ constellations.

• 100

• 12

• 78

• 88

The term Zodiac refers to ...

• The light from Saturn's rings

• the head of the Celestial Empire

• a method for making astrological predictions

• a group of constellations lying near the ecliptic

Galileo was a scientist who used his telescope to see?

• The sun
• The moon
• Moons of Jupiter, the moon and planets as spheres
• the ocean

A star is a 

• ball of gas and point in the sky
• a five pointed shape
• a figure in the sky
• a mixture 

Why do we see different constellations ?

• The stars are moving
• Earth is rotating
• you are spinning in circles
• The moon is moving