Exploring Space

Which type of telescope is shown in the figure?

• Infrared telescope

• Radio telescope

• Reflecting telescope

• Refracting telescope

In which type of electromagnetic wave would you expect the hottest stars to emit most of their energy?

• Gamma rays

• Microwaves

• Radio waves

• Visible light

Which mission sent people to the Moon?

• Apollo

• Explorer

• Galileo

• Pioneer

Which is NOT considered to be a satellite in our solar system?

• A moon

• A space telescope

• The sun

• None of these are satellites

Where would be a good place to place an infrared/x-ray telescope?

• In the ocean

• In a big city on Earth

• In a large field on Earth

• In outer space

Which of the following use convex lenses to bend and focus light rays to produce images of objects in space?

• Refracting telescopes

• Reflecting telescopes

• Radio telescopes

• Infrared/x-ray telescopes

Which of the following are placed in orbit around Earth with special instruments and telescopes that collect information from space and send the information back to Earth where it is interpreted?

• satellites

• space probes

• spectroscopes

• space observatories

Which of the following receive radio waves emitted from objects in space, including waves from very distant stars and galaxies and use them to produce images of the objects from sound waves?

• refracting telescopes

• reflecting telescopes

• radio telescopes

• infrared/x-ray telescopes

Which of the following contain instruments to collect data and travel out of Earth’s orbit to explore places that would be too dangerous for astronomers?

• satellites

• space probes

• spectroscopes

• space observatories

Which of the following “read” infrared or x-ray signals but have to be placed where Earth’s atmosphere does not block or absorb the signals?

• refracting telescopes

• reflecting telescopes

• radio telescopes

• infrared/x-ray telescopes