Astronomy 1-
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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constellations | patterns of stars in the sky
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electromagnetic radiation | energy that can travel directly through space in the form of waves
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visible light | light you can see with your eyes
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wavelength | the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of another
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spectrum | the range of colors with different wavelengths
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refracting telescope | uses convex lenses to get large amounts of light into a smaller area
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convex lens | a piece of transparent glass, curved so that the middle is thicker than the sides
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reflecting telescope | a telescope that uses mirrors instead of convex lenses
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radio telescopes | a device used to detect radio waves from objects in space
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observatory | a building that contains one or more telescopes
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spectrograph | breaks light from an object into colors and photographs the resulting spectrum
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