Space Tool Review

Space Tool Review

by Stacy Skowronski

​Optical Telescope

Focuses Light (MUST HAVE LIGHT)

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​Used in space and on Earth

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​To get photos of deep space

​Refracting Telescope

​Uses Lenses to BEND light

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​Difficult to use

​Reflecting Telescope

Uses Mirrors to BOUNCE light

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​Can be made VERY large

Multiple Choice

What is used to get the light to the eyepiece in a Reflecting Telescope?

• Lens

• Mirror

• Net

• Tube

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT needed for an optical telescope to work

• Light

• Lens or Mirror

• Eyepiece

• Radio Waves

​Radio Telescope

​Radio Waves are collected from space and turned into "pictures"

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​They are large flat discs and need a lot of space on Earth

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​They can detect events like black holes forming or stars dying

​Radio Telescopes in Space

​They can be put in orbit and combined to create a very large telescope

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​Satellites

​Are sent to spce using rockets

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​Orbit Earth

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​Contain specialized instruments to study Earth and Space

​Space Observatories

​Are put in orbit in space to collect data

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​Use the Eletromagnetic Spectrum to learn about deep space

Multiple Choice

This object is orbiting Earth and can be used to study the Earth's Oceans

• Radio Telescope

• Optical Telescope

• Satellite

• Spectroscope

Multiple Choice

Scientist can study X-Rays emitted from a black hole with this

• Radio Telescope

• Refracting Telescope

• Spectroscope

• Space Observatory

Multiple Choice

On Earth this type of telescope can detect waves from space even on cloudy days, or it can be combined with other telescopes in space to make one very large telescope.

• Radio telescope

• Optical telescope

• Reflecting telescope

• Refracting telescope

​Space Probes

They are sent out to a location in space (They do NOT orbit)

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​Can collect samples of rock, soil, or gases and analyze them

Spectroscope​

​Collects light and separates it into different "bands" of color

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​The different bands of color can tell us the composition of what the light is coming from

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​We use it to determine star composition

Poll

Which of the following instruments were used to determine that stars are mostly Hydrogen and Helium?

• Space Probe

• Reflecting Telescope

• Spectroscope

• Optical Telescope

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would the Mars Rover be considered?

• Space Probe

• Satellite

• Optical Telescope

• Space Observatory