WorksheetsStars and their Patterns
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What color of star is the hottest?
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Yellow
d)
Orange
2.
What color of star is the coolest?
a)
Red
b)
Yellow
c)
Blue
d)
White
3.
What are stars?
a)
Rocky bodies
b)
Burning balls of gas
c)
5 pointed shapes
d)
Hollywood actors
4.
Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?
a)
They are actually much smaller
b)
They are so far away
c)
They are not as bright
d)
They are dwarf stars
5.
The color of a star tells us its
a)
magnitude
b)
temperature
c)
size
d)
age
6.
Which star is closest to Earth?
a)
Betelgeuse
b)
Orion
c)
the sun
d)
Antares
7.
What are stars made of?
a)
hot gases
b)
ice
c)
hydraulic gas
d)
dust and clouds
8.
What are the three colors that stars can be?
a)
pink, red, and blue
b)
blue, yellow, and orange
c)
blue, yellow, and red
d)
purple, black, and gray
9.
What sizes can stars be?
a)
only medium sized
b)
all different sizes
c)
only tiny sized
d)
medium and large only
10.
Why does the sun look so big to us?
a)
It is the closest star to Earth.
b)
It is the biggest star.
c)
It is farthest star from Earth.
d)
It is the hottest.
11.
What is a constellation?
a)
A group of patterns that form a star
b)
A group of stars that form a pattern
c)
Fine Italian cuisine
d)
A star
12.
How many constellations are there officially?
a)
12
b)
72
c)
88
d)
1
13.
A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.
a)
planets
b)
stars
c)
patterns
d)
creatures
14.
Stars like the sun appear to move across the sky due to Earth _________________ on it's axis
a)
Revolving
b)
Wobbling
c)
Rotating
d)
Jumping
15.
The Big Dipper
a)
b)
c)
d)
16.
People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Polaris always points
a)
East
b)
West
c)
North
d)
South
18.
As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars in them appear to _________.
a)
move across the sky
b)
stand still in the sky
c)
move around each other
d)
rotate
19.
Ursa Minor means “Little Bear” in Latin and is commonly known as the Big Dipper.
a)
True
b)
False
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