Tools of Astronomy & Lunar Features Vocabulary Quiz

What term below is defined as electromagnetic radiation aligned according to wavelength and frequency?

• interferometry

• visible light

• electromagnetic spectrum

• gamma radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What term below is defined as a telescope that uses lenses to bring visible light to a focus where an image can be seen by an observer?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Kitt Peak Observatory

• Reflecting telescope

• Refracting telescope

What term below is defined as a telescope that uses a mirror to gather and focus light from a distant object?

• Reflecting telescope

• Refracting telescope

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope

What term below is defined as the process of linking several telescopes together so they can function as one telescope?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Interferometry

• Refracting Telescope

• Reflecting Telescope

What term below is defined as mountainous regions of the Moon?

• ejecta

• maria

• highland

• rille

What term below is defined as the dark, smooth plains of the Moon?

• maria

• highland

• ray

• regolith

What term below is defined as a crater that forms when an object from space crashes into an astronomical body?

• ray

• rille

• ejecta

• impact crater

What term below is defined as the material that blasted out of the Moon's surface and fell back to the surface?

• rille

• ray

• ejecta

• crater

What term below is defined as long trails of ejecta?

• highland

• ray

• ejecta

• rille

What term below is defined as structures that resemble valleys?

• regolith

• crater

• ray

• rille