Telescopes And Electromagnetic Waves
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Complete the following quiz. You must score at least an 80% or you will have to retake the quiz. You can review your answers at the end of your quiz.
- 1.Which of the following types of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength:
- A.
Radio Waves
- B.
Gamma rays
- C.
Light Waves
- D.
Ocean Waves
- 2.Which of the following types of electromagnetic energy has the shortest wavelength:
- A.
Radio Waves
- B.
Gamma rays
- C.
Light Waves
- D.
Ocean Waves
- 3.Which of the following types of electromagnetic waves can you see?
- A.
Microwaves
- B.
Ultraviolet waves
- C.
Light waves
- D.
Infrared waves
- 4.Which of the following electromagnetic waves can you feel as heat:
- A.
Microwaves
- B.
Light waves
- C.
Ultraviolet waves
- D.
Infrared waves
- 5.Which of the following types of electromagnetic waves is dangerous radiation?
- A.
Radio waves
- B.
Microwaves
- C.
Infrared waves
- D.
Gamma rays
- 6.Why do scientists use waves of electromagnetic energy other than visible light to view objects in the universe?
- A.
The other types of waves make things more colorful.
- B.
The other types of waves let scientist see things your eyes cannot see.
- C.
The other types of waves are stronger than your eyes
- D.
The other types of waves are sharper than your eyes
- 7.When a scientist uses radio waves to look at things in space, the radio waves can help a scientist tell what about the object:
- A.
What the object is made of.
- B.
How far away the object is.
- C.
How big the object is.
- D.
The color of the object.
- 8.Besides just seeing what an object looks like. Visible light can also tell a scientist a stars
- A.
Temperature by looking at its color.
- B.
Mass by looking at how big it is.
- C.
A stars energy by looking at how bright it is.
- D.
A stars weight by looking at how large it is.
- 9.X rays can help a scientist see what things in the universe?
- A.
Very large stars like supergiants.
- B.
Extremely fast moving objects like comets.
- C.
High energy objects like black holes.
- D.
Invisible things like dark matter.
- 10.
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The picture shows what type of instrument used by scientists to view objects in space.- A.
Refracting Telescope
- B.
Reflecting Telescope
- C.
Radio Telescope
- D.
Telescope Array
- E.
CCD Array
- 11.
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The picture shows what type of instrument used by scientists to view objects in space.- A.
Refracting Telescope
- B.
Reflecting Telescope
- C.
Radio Telescope
- D.
Telescope Array
- E.
CCD Array
- 12.
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The picture shows what type of instrument used by scientists to view objects in space.- A.
Reflecting Telescope
- B.
Refracting Telescope
- C.
Radio Telescope
- D.
Telescope Array
- E.
CCD Array
- 13.
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The picture shows what type of instrument used by scientists to view objects in space.- A.
Reflecting Telescope
- B.
Refracting Telescope
- C.
Radio Telescope
- D.
Telescope Array
- E.
CCD Array
- 14.
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The picture shows what type of instrument used by scientists to view objects in space.- A.
Reflecting Telescope
- B.
Refracting Telescope
- C.
Radio Telescope
- D.
Telescope Array
- E.
CCD Array
- 15.CCD arrays are useful to scientists because they can
- A.
'see' more types of electromagnetic waves than the human eye
- B.
Capture gamma rays.
- C.
See objects in total darkness.
- D.
Make images of invisible objects.
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