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Quiz: Astronomy Ch. 1 Studying Space

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What are some types of electromagnetic radiation found on the elctromagnetic spectrum?   microwaves, radio waves, visible light  
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How long does Earth take to orbit once around the sun?   a year  
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What makes up the elvectromagetic spectrum?   all of the wavelengths of electomagnetic radiation.  
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How long does Earth take to rotat once on its axis?   a day  
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What does a telescope collect from space and focu for closer observation?   electromagnetic radiation  
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About how long doews the moon take to orbit the Earth?   a month  
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What is a constellation?   a region of the sky with a star pattern  
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What is an imaginary point directly above an observer's head?   zenith  
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What is the imaginary sphere, created by scientists, that surrounds the Earth?   a celestial sphere  
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What is each color of light on the electromagnetic spectrum?   a different wavelength of electromagnetic radiation  
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What blocks most types of electromagnetic radiation and prevents it from reaching Earth's surface?   the Earth's atmosphere  
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What would you not find in the electromagnetice spectrum?   a black hole  
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X-ray telscopes cannot be used on Earth's surface to study space because X-rays...   are blocked by the Earth's atmosphere  
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How did Hubble tell that galaxies were moving apart from each other?   by redshift  
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What evidence shows that the universe is expanding?   Galaxies are moving apart  
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Why do astronomers put telescopes in space?   to aviod dust and light pollution in Earth's atmosphere  
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What uses mirrors to gather and focus?   reflecting telescope  
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What are all of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation?   electromagnetic spectrum  
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What uses lenses ti gather and focus light?   refracting telescope  
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What is the instrument that collects electromagnetic radiation from the sky and focuses it for better observation?   telscope  
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What is the angular distance between an object such a the sun and the horizon?   altitude  
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What is the line where the sky and the Earth appear to meet?   horizon  
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Who created a sun-centered theory of the universe around 140 CE?   Ptolemy  
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Who proved that there were many galaxies in the universe?   Hubble  
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Who showed that gravity keeps the planets and moons in orbit?   Newton  
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Who was the first to create an Earth-centered theory of the universe?   Copernicus  
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Who showed that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun?   Kepler  
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Who was on of the first astronomers to use a telescope to observe objects i space   Galileo  
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