Electromagnetic Spectrum / Telescopes

What is the correct order of the visible light spectrum?

• Red, yellow, orange, blue, violet, indigo

• Violet, purple, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange

• Green, yellow, blue, indigo, red, orange,

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

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What wave has the longest wavelength and lowest energy?

• Gamma rays

• Infrared

• Radio

• Visible light

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An example of a wave with a short wavelength and high energy is a

• Gamma Ray

• Microwave

• Visible light wave

• Infrared wave

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What kind of electromagnetic radiation do we feel as heat?

• Gamma rays

• Visible light waves

• Infrared waves

• X rays

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How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is made up of visible light?

• only a small portion

• a very large portion

• about half

A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Mirrors

• Lasers

• Water

Reflecting telescopes use _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Glass

• Mirrors

• Lasers

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What type of telescope can work 24 hours a day and even be used in the rain?

• Refracting Telescope

• Radio Telescope

• Newtonian Telescope

• Solar Telescope

Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

• So it can be closer to the stars it magnifies

• It has very large optical lenses

• So its images aren't distorted by Earth's atmosphere

• So it can be operated by astronauts

Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

• to be closer to the stars

• to be above some of the atmosphere and further from city lights

• because it is easier to build telescopes on mountains

• to be closer to city lights

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