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WWE Constellations Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are patterns in the night sky called?

a)

planets

b)

galaxies

c)

constellations

2.

What is the name of a person who observes stars?

a)

artist

b)

astronomer

c)

constellation

3.

The sun, a hot ball of gas, is not a star.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Does the star constellation, Orion, appear during the winter or summer?

a)

winter

b)

summer

c)

fall

5.

Is the Earth moving or are the stars in the sky moving?

a)

The Earth is moving

b)

The stars move

6.

Stars are still in the sky during the day, we just can't see them because of the sun's light.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

We see different stars in the sky depending on the season.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How many constellations are there officially?

a)

12

b)

72

c)

88

d)

1

9.

Each night, a few more stars are visible in the _____ that could not be seen the night before.

a)

East

b)

North

c)

West

d)

South

10.
A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  
a)
planets
b)
stars
c)
patterns
d)
creatures
11.

Stars like the sun appear to rise in the ___________ and set in the _____________.

a)

West, East

b)

North, South

c)

South, North

d)

East, West

12.

The Big Dipper

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.
A telescope makes the stars seem?
a)
dull and dark
b)
bright like the sun
c)
really small
d)

closer and more clear

14.

This instrument can gather more light than the eye, so it makes faint, far away objects look closer, bigger, and brighter.

a)

compass

b)

telescope

c)

astrolabe

d)

sextant

15.
People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

The constellation, Orion, can be located by first finding______?  

a)

three bright stars in a row  

b)

Polaris

c)

the east star 

d)

the big dipper 

17.

The constellations that we can see depend on our

a)

climate and hemisphere

b)

location and weather

c)

season and hemisphere

d)

altitude and season

18.

Why does Polaris not seem to move during the night?

a)

Because it is located directly above the North Pole

b)

Because it is fixed in the sky

c)

Because Ursa Minor does not move

d)

Because it revolves around the Sun with Earth

19.
Ursa Minor means “Little Bear” in Latin and is commonly known as the Big Dipper.
a)
True
b)
False
20.

Which instruments measure the angles between earth and stars and allows you to find your location on earth?

a)

Sextant and Rain Gauge

b)

Telescope and Ruler

c)

Sextant and Astrolabe

d)

Telescope and Astrolabe

21.

Because of Earth's _______ we can see different constellations in different seasons.

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

c)

tilt

d)

axis

22.

Because of Earth's _______ stars seem to move across the sky at night.

a)

axis

b)

rotation

c)

revolution

d)

tilt