Universe, Space Exploration, and Tides

A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Mirrors

• Lasers

• Water

Reflecting telescopes use _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Flat mirrors

• Curved Mirrors

• A lens and lasers

Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

• So it can be closer to the stars it magnifies
• They have very large optical lenses
• So its images arent distorted by Earth's atmosphere 
• So it can be operated by astronauts 

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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

An object that revolves around another object in space

• revolving

• Meteoroid

• satellite

• vacuum

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A spacecraft that can bring a group into space and bring them back to earth and be used for the same purpose all over again

• Space probe

• Spectroscope

• Rover

• Space shuttle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods

• space station

• space probe

• rover

• rocket

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A spacecraft that can carry lots of scientific instruments that can collect data, including visual images, but does not hold any space crews on it.

• space shuttle

• space probe

• rover

• space station

A small robotic probe that can move about the surface of a planet or moon

• Rover

• Space station

• Space probe

• Spectrograph

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Galaxies are composed of (choose the BEST answer)

• stars

• stars and gas

• stars, dust, and gas

• stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity