CH 5: Exploring Space

Scientists can tell the _________ of a star by looking at the type of EM wave that is emitted.

• size

• distance

• temperature

• age

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The Hubble Telescope collects _____________.

• infrared waves

• radio waves

• visible light waves

• ultraviolet waves

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Do both planets and moons emit light?

• Yes, but we can't see it.

• No, Moons emit radio waves.

• Planets and moons do not make their own light energy.

• Only planets emit light energy.

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Which EM waves reach Earth's surface?

• Radio, visible light, gamma

• infrared, visible, ultraviolet

• gamma, radio, X-ray

• radio, microwave, visible light

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Where should you place a radio telescope?

• on top of a mountain

• in a swampy area

• in the middle of a desert

• on an island in the ocean

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Where should you put an Earth based optical telescope?

• middle of a desert

• top of a mountain

• an island in the ocean

• a swampy area

Why do stars twinkle?

• The stars are different temperatures and only the cool ones twinkle.

• The energy of the star travels in pulses.

• The Earth's atmosphere refracts the light.

• Space dust between the star and Earth causes the twinkle appearance.

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Name the first optical space telescope.

• Spitzer

• Hubble

• Cassiopeia

• James Webb

EM waves travel through ____________.

• vacuum and empty space

• matter and vacuum

• solid, liquid, gas only

• empty space only.

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_____________ travels through space then slows down when it reaches the planet it plans to study.

• The Hubble

• An orbiter

• A flyby

• A rocket

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