Because it looks like a big dipper! :)
when was the big dipper named
A big dipper is an alternative name for a roller coaster.
Photinus pyralis is the common name for the big dipper firefly.
the big dipper is ursa major and i believe that would make the little dipper ursa minor
because when he looked at the sky he saw the stars he connected the stars and he connected one and he called it big dipper because he was the first one to discover the big dipper.
Ursa Major
The Big Dipper is also known as the Plough or the Saptarishi in some cultures.
...the answer is... ...Ursa Major...
It looks like a big spoon or ladle for picking up soup or water: like a big dipper.
Ursa Major.
the drinking gourd
no the big dipper is another name for ursa major