Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

So its images arent distorted by Earth's atmosphere

So it can be closer to the stars it magnifies

They have very large optical lenses

So it can be operated by astronauts

How are reflecting telescopes different from refracting telescopes?

Reflecting telescopes use mirrors to collect light: refracting telescopes us lenses

Reflecting telescopes need light sources, refracting telescopes do not

Reflecting telescopes magnify objects: refracting telescopes minimize them

Reflecting telescopes magnify objects in outer space: refracting telescopes only magnify objects on earth

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...

This is a trick question that cannot be answered

It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the red side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...

This is a trick question that cannot be answered

It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.

Which discovery(ies) came from our understanding redshift/ blueshift?

All of the above (and many more)

Most galaxies are moving away from us

Andromeda galaxy will collide with the Milky way in 3.75 billion years

What do spectroscopes do?

Collect light to identify elements

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...

This is a trick question that cannot be answered

It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.

Which of the following is an advantage of a telescope on the Earth?

It can be made as large as possible

You can look through it with your eye

Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red

Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo

What is the speed of light?

186,000 mi/sec or 300,000 km/sec

186,000 km/sec or 300,000 mi/sec

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30 sec • 1 pt

What does Reflecting Telescope have?

Lens

Mirrors

Bat ears

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What does Refracting Telescope have?

Sand

Mirrors

Lens

Batmobile

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Another name for light bending is ....

Reflaction

Absorbing

Refraction

mirror

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following does the radiation from a star tell us

temperature

velocity

composition

all of these

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

light emitted from an object moving towards you will have its wavelength shorted and will be considered

red shiffted

blue shiffted

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Both reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed to

break visible light into colors of the spectrum.

separate visible light from ultraviolet and radio waves.

gather and focus visible light.

work better with short-wavelength radiation.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

to be closer to the stars

to be above part of the atmosphere

because it is easier to build telescopes on mountains

to be closer to city lights

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Spectroscopy and Telescopes

What does Reflecting Telescope have?

What does Refracting Telescope have?

Another name for light bending is ....

Which of the following does the radiation from a star tell us

light emitted from an object moving towards you will have its wavelength shorted and will be considered

Both reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed to

Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

A device that detects radio waves from objects in space is called a(n)

A spectrograph breaks the light from an object into a(n) ____________, or range of different colors, and produces an image of it.

Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

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