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6 Sc Exploring Space

6th Grade Science Exploring Space Vocabulary

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ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WAVELENGTHS.
REFRACTING TELESCOPE OPTICAL TELESCOPE IN WHICH THE LIGHT FROM AN OBJECT PASSES THROUGH A DOUBLE CONVEX OBJECTIVE LENS AND IS BENT TO FORM AN IMAGE ON THE FOCAL POINT.
REFLECTING TELESCOPE OPTICAL TELESCOPE WHICH USES A MIRROR AS AN OBJECTIVE TO FOCUS LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT BEING VIEWED.
OBSERVATORY BUILDING USED BY PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS TO VIEW THE SKY.
RADIO TELESCOPE TELESCOPE THAT USES RADIO WAVES TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE.
SATELLITE ANY OBJECT THAT REVOLVES AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT.
ORBIT A CURVED PATH FOLLOWED BY A SATELLITE AROUND EARTH.
SPACE PROBE AN INSTRUMENT THAT GATHERS INFORMATION AND SENDS IT BACK TO EARTH.
PROJECT MERCURY THE U.S. PROGRAM TO HAVE AMERICANS REACH THE MOON.
PROJECT GEMINI THE SECOND STEP TO REACH THE MOON CONSISTING OF TWO TEAMS OF ASTRONAUTS.
PROJECT APOLLO THE FINAL STAGE OF THE U.S. PROGRAM TO REACH THE MOON.
SPACE SHUTTLE THE REUSABLE SPACECRAFT THAT TRANSPORTS ASTRONAUTS, SATELLITES, AND OTHER MATERIALS TO AND FROM SPACE.
SPACE STATION VERY LARGE ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE, WITH LIVING QUARTERS, WORK AND EXERCISE AREAS, AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS NEEDED FOR HUMANS TO LIVE AND WORK IN SPACE.
RADIATION energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves which can travel through empty space and matter
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