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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
a)
Galaxy
b)
Constellation
c)
Kuipers belt
2.
What shape is the Milky Way?
a)
Elliptical
b)
Irregular
c)
Spiral
d)
Lenticular
3.
What constellation is this?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Canis Major
d)
Gemini
4.
What constellation has the Little Dipper as part of its pattern?
a)
Ursa Minor
b)
Ursa Major
c)
Polaris
d)
Andromeda
5.
Polaris always points
a)
East
b)
West
c)
North
d)
South
6.
What constellation is this?
a)
Draco
b)
Ursa Minor
c)
Corona Borealis
d)
Cepheus
7.
Ursa Major (Larger Bear) has this asterism in its pattern
a)
the Little Dipper
b)
the Big Dipper
c)
Orion
d)
The Crux
8.
Who was the first astronomer to use a telescope to observe the sky?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Neil Armstrong
9.
Earth's __________________ causes day and night.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
10.
The earth rotates every
a)
24 hours
b)
15 hours
c)
365 days
d)
hour
11.
telescope
a)
the rising and falling of the ocean's surface
b)
a tool used to measure of heat
c)
the conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time and space
d)
a tool used for observing very distant objects in space
12.
whats our galaxy called?
a)
the milky way
b)
silver river
c)
straw way
d)
Walsingham Way
13.
who is the first person who went to space?
a)
Yuri Gagarin
b)
Brevin Hart
c)
Cruz Madden
d)
Crispin Barlowe
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