Space Exploration Vocabulary

An unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment is called....

• Satellite

• space probe

• Spectroscope

An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication is called...

• Spectroscope

• Space probe

• Satellite

A building that contains one or more telescopes used in space exploration would be called…

• Spectroscope

• Space probe

• Space Observatory

An apparatus for producing and recording spectra for examination is called an…

• Satellite

• Space probe

• Spectroscope

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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as the distance between two parts of a crest is called…

• wave

• wavelength

• visible light

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Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen by the unaided eye is called…

• Visible light

• wavelength

• electromagnetic radiation

The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves is called...

• wavelength

• electromagnetic radiation

• visible light

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is America’s civil space program and the global leader in space exploration. What is their shortened name?

• NASA

• NAAP

• NSSA

An optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distant objects is called a …

• NASA

• telescope

• spectrum

A range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves is called…

• spectrum

• telescope

• NASA

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