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- 1. Fill in the Blank
Most stars rise in the ________ and set in the _________.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What can you do to tell how stars change their positions in the sky each night?
Observe a different star at a different time each night.
Observe the same star at the same time each night.
Observe the same star at a different time each night.
Observe a different star at the same time each night.
- 3. Multiple Choice
People above the equator in the Northern hemisphere see different constellations than people below the equator in the Southern hemisphere.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Florida is in the _____________ hemisphere.
southern
western
eastern
northern
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read the following sentence: The Southern Cross constellation is only visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
Which clue word helps you decide where this constellation can be seen, or where it is located?
Cross
Hemisphere
Southern
visible
- 6. Multiple Choice
Choose all true statements about an axis.
It is an imaginary line.
The Earth rotates on an axis.
Earth's axis passes through the North Pole, the the center of the earth, and the South Pole.
It divides the earth into North and South.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How long does it take to observe a star in the same position, at the exact time of night again, at another time?
one day later
one year later
one week later
one month later
- 8. Fill in the Blank
The earth moves around the _________.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The sun moves or rotates around the moon.
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
Choose all that apply.
Orion is visible __________.
all year long
only during summer
only during winter
contains the brightest star in the sky
- 11. Fill in the Blank
___________ is the pull that causes the earth to rotate and experience night and day.
- 12. Multiple Choice
When we experience the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, we know that _______________.
The earth is moving.
Stars can move around the earth.
The moon is orbiting.
The sun is moving.
- 13. Multiple Choice
We would have similar hours of daylight and darkness all year if ____________.
The sun moved around the earth.
The earth did not tilt on its axis.
The earth tilted on its axis.
- 14. Fill in the Blank
When the earth rotates on its axis, we get __________ and ________.
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