Stars
What is the brightest star in the solar system during the day?
What is the Sun
How many planets are there in the solar system?
Eight planets in the solar system.
What is a constellation?
What is a large group of stars that form a pattern resembling an animal, person, or object.
What patterns are in the sky that show it is summer?
What is Summer Triangles
What is revolution (or orbit)?
The two main factors causing Earth’s seasons are the tilt of its axis and this movement around the sun.
What is the star in the sky that never moves?
What is the Northern Star
What is the closest planet to earth?
What is Mercury
What is Pegasus?
This constellation is named after a flying horse in Greek mythology.
What patterns are in the sky that show it is Winter?
What is Winter Hexagon (or Circle) and the smaller Winter Triangle
What is Summer?
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, this season is experienced.
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
What is Sirius
What is the coldest planet?
What is Uranus
What is Capricorn?
This zodiac sign represents "The Sea-Goat".
What patterns are in the sky that show it is Fall?
What is the Great Square of Pegasus, the appearance of the "W" shaped Cassiopeia in the northeast,
What are the Equinoxes (Spring/Fall)?
At these two points in Earth’s orbit, days and nights are approximately 12 hours each.
Why does the Northern Star never move?
It is located directly above Earth’s rotational axis at the North Pole.
What is the hottest planet?
What is Venus
What is Aquarius?
This constellation is known as the "Water-Bearer" in the zodiac.
What patterns are in the sky that show it is Spring?
What are Spring Triangles (Arcturus, Spica, and Regulus) in the night sky and the rise of constellations like Leo, Virgo, and Boötes.
What is a Solstice?
This term describes a day when the noon sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn.
What is the largest star in the sky?
What is UY Scuti
What planet is known as the red planet?
What is Mars
What is Ophiuchus?
This 13th zodiac sign lies on the ecliptic but is not traditionally included in the 12 zodiac signs.
Who discovered the patterns and how they represented certain seasons?
Ancient civilizations, primarily the Egyptians and Babylonians.
During this season in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter.
What is summer