23.1 Telescopes - CK12 Review

Scientists who study the universe beyond the Earth.

• cartographers

• cosmologists

• astrophysicists

• astronomers

Energy that is transmitted through space as a wave.

• radio waves

• visible light

• infrared light

• all forms of electromagnetic radiation

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The speed of light.

• 3,000 meters per second

• 30,000 meters per second

• 300,000 meters per second

• 300,000,000 meters per second

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The distance that light travels in a year.

• 1 astronomical unit

• 1 parsec

• 1 light year

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The distance between 2 adjacent oscillations.

• amplitude

• frequency

• pitch

• wavelength

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The number of waves that pass a fixed point each second.

• amplitude

• frequency

• pitch

• wavelength

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The type of light you can see.

• The EM spectrum

• optical wavelengths

• visible light

• all of the above

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Gamma rays-X Rays-Ultraviolet-Visible-Infrared-Microwave-Radio

• EM radiation

• EM spectrum - long to short wavelength

• EM spectrum - short to long wavelength

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Peak wavelength of EM radiation emitted by the hottest stars.

• Gamma rays

• X-rays

• Ultraviolet

• Violet

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Peak wavelength of light emitted by the coolest stars.

• Red

• Infrared

• Microwave

• Radio

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