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Constellations Science

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What color represents the hottest star?
a)
Blue
b)
White
c)
Red
d)
Yellow
2.
What color represents the coldest star?
a)
Blue
b)
White
c)
Yellow 
d)
Red
3.
What constellation is this?
a)
Pegasus
b)
Andromeda
c)
Hercules
d)
Cassiopeia
4.
What constellation is this?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Canis Major
d)
Gemini
5.
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
6.
People in the Northern Hemisphere do see the same constellations as the people in the Southern Hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Ursa Major is also called “Great Bear” and is one of the largest constellations.  
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What constellation is this?
a)
Ursa Major
b)
Ursa Minor
c)
Leo
d)
Big Dipper
9.
What constellation is this?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Canis Major
d)
Gemini
10.

The color of stars reveals information about its ____

a)

composition

b)

mass

c)

diameter

d)

luminosity

11.
What constellation is this?
a)
Draco
b)
Ursa Minor
c)
Corona Borealis
d)
Cepheus
12.

Which constellation can be visible in the Southern hemisphere?

a)

Crux

b)

Ursa Minor

c)

Cygnus

d)

Ursa Minor

13.
What constellation is this?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Canis Major
d)
Gemini
14.
The constellation Orion is 
a)
part man, part horse
b)
a great bear
c)
a great hunter
d)
a plow
15.

The scientist who validated that the sun is also a star is ____.

a)

Edwin Aguirre

b)

Robert Bunsen

c)

Gustav Kirchoff

d)

Sir William Huggins

16.

How many constellations are there?

a)

12

b)

24

c)

86

d)

88

17.
What is a constellation?
a)
Pattern of stars 
b)
A planet
c)
Astrology
d)
Sun
18.

It is the closest star to the Earth next to Sun

a)

Betelgeuse

b)

Proxima Centauri

c)

Deneb

d)

Sirius

19.

Which constellation is this?

a)

Canis Minor

b)

Perseus

c)

Draco

d)

Bootes

20.
Betelgeus is a star in which constellation?
a)
Taurus
b)
Orion
c)
Ursa Minor
d)
Gemini
21.
Polaris is also known as...
a)
The Dog Star
b)
The Armpit
c)
The North Star
d)
The Great Giant
22.
Sirius is the brightest star in the night's sky.  In which constellation can Sirius be found?
a)
Gemini
b)
Ursa Major
c)
Bootes
d)
Canis Major
23.
In which constellation is the North Star found?
a)
Ursa Major
b)
Ursa Minor
c)
Canis Major
d)
Canis Minor
24.
In ancient mythology, Taurus is a....
a)
Bull
b)
Horse
c)
Bear
d)
Dog
25.
The Big Dipper is a small part of which of the following constellations?
a)
Ursa Minor
b)
Ursa Major
c)
Canis Major
d)
Orion
26.
Aldebaran is a star in which constellation?
a)
Orion
b)
Taurus
c)
Gemini
d)
Bootes
27.
Circumpolar constellations are  ________________.
a)
winter stars
b)
spring constellations
c)
stars for all seasons
d)
summer constellations.
28.

A supernova is a/an ____

a)

a new born star

b)

exploding dying star

c)

constellation

d)

black hole

29.

The nuclear reaction inside the star involves ___

a)

nuclear reaction of H ions to He

b)

nuclear fission of He and H ions

c)

H fusion to form He, releasing energy

d)

The breakdown of He to form H ions

30.

Which stars are classified as first magnitude stars?

a)

yellow stars

This is a wrong answer

b)

bluish stars

c)

faintest stars

d)

brightest stars

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