Topic 8 Lesson 2 Quiz

Clara is volunteering at NASA where scientists use telescopes to learn more about our universe. Scientists use tools that look at different types of electromagnetic radiation. The tools are used to form images of objects in space out of the radiation.

The most familiar type of electromagnetic radiation is ​ (a)   .  The wavelengths are separated into different colors called a ​ (b)   .

• visible light
• spectrum
• gamma waves
• wavelength

Clara can see a clear image of the moon in one of the telescopes that uses lenses. What type of telescope is it?

• optical

• electromagnetic

• infrared

• radio

Different types of telescopes detect different types of electromagnetic radiation. Choose the four types of electromagnetic radiation.

• gamma rays

• x-rays

• visible light

• spectrum

• radio waves

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NASA has launched many space explorations and space telescopes. How has the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope contributed to our understanding of space?

• It has given scientists the opportunity to study the most distant objects in our solar system.

• It makes it possible for astronauts to launch and repair satellites.

• It has enabled scientists to conduct research that focuses on the conditions found in space.

• it carried instruments into space to help detect and study Earth's magnetic field

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Which Satellite launch marks the start of the space age and a fierce space-race between the United States and Soviet Union?

• Sputnik 2

• Voyager 1

• Sputnik 1

• Explorer 1

The first commercial space flight with American astronauts on an American-made rocket and spacecraft launched from the United States is called ​ (a)  

• Demo-2
• Voyager 2
• The International Space Station
• Cassini-Huygens

__________ telescopes primarily use mirrors to collect light.

__________ telescopes use multiple lenses to collect light.

A ​ (a)   is a spacecraft that carries scientific instruments to collect and transmit data, but has no human crew.​

• space probe
• telescope
• wavelength
• spectrum

What two spacecraft are the first human-made objects to visit the planets of the outer solar systems? Their instruments help scientists to explore and study Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and many of their moons.

• Explorer 1 & 2

• Sputnik 1 & 2

• Voyager 1 & 2

• Mariner 1 & 2