Constellations
What are constellations?
Answer: Groups of stars that make shapes or pictures.
Question: Why do we see different constellations during the year?
Answer: Because Earth moves
What is the name of the North Star?
Polaris
If you want to go north, what star can help you?
Polaris (the North Star).
Question: Who was looking through the telescope?
Sam
Question: What does the Big Dipper look like?
Answer: A big spoon (or soup ladle).
Do the stars move around us?
No
What direction does Polaris show?
North
Question: If you want to travel south, should you travel toward Polaris or away from it?
Answer: Away from it.
Question: What animal is Sam?
Answer: A bat.
Question: What constellation is called the flying horse?
Answer: Pegasus.
How many seasons were mentioned in the video?
Four
In which constellation is Polaris?
Ursa Minor.
Question: Who used the stars to travel across oceans?
Answer: Sailors.
True or False: The stars in a constellation are actually very close together.
False
Question: What constellation is called "The Big W"?
Cassiopeia
What season comes after summer?
Autumn (Fall)
What can stars help people do?
Find their way (navigate).
Question: True or False: Stars helped people travel before GPS.
Answer: True.
Who showed Jessi the constellations?
Sam the Bat.
Question: What constellation is also called the Little Bear?
Answer: Ursa Minor.
Why can't we see every constellation all year long?
Earth changes where it is as it goes around
Before GPS, what did people use to help guide them?
The stars.
Question: What special tools were made to help people use the stars?
Answer: Navigation tools.
What helps people see faraway stars?
telescope