WorksheetsConstellations
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
True or False: People have been looking at constellations in the sky for thousands of years.
True
False
People from long ago even made up stories about the constellations. What is a synonym for "long ago"?
fragile
asterism
conflict
ancient
About how many constellations have been officially recognized and named by astronomers?
25
70
88
101
Constellations are made up of clusters of-
planets
meteors and asteroids
stars
space dust
True or False: Our sun is considered a star.
True
False
Stars can make their own-
heat and light
liquid and gas
biology and mass
plasma and solids
A star's ____________ describes how bright it appears to us on earth.
presence
magnitude
dominion
length
What is the brightest star in our sky?
Sirius
Gemini
North Star
Orion
The Big Dipper has been used for navigation. That's because it always points toward--
The Arctic Circle
The Northern Lights
The North Star
The Southern Hemisphere
Ancient people relied on season constellations to help them remember-
when to elect a new king.
when it was a certain holiday.
when their farm animals would give birth to their young.
when to plant and harvest crops.
