Unit 7 Vocabulary

The arrangement of electromagnetic radiation

• electromagnetic spectrum

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• color spectrum

Uses convex lenses, which are curved outward like a ball

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• Hubble telescope

• optical telescope

Uses a curved mirror to direct light

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• Hubble telescope

• optical telescope

A building that can house an optical telescope; often has a dome shaped roof that may be opened for viewing

• conservatory

• theater

• observatory

• stadium

Collects and records radio waves traveling through space

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• Hubble telescope

• radio telescope

A special engine that works in space & burns liquid or solid fuel

• satellite

• space probe

• Mars rover

• rocket

Any natural or artificial object that revolves around another object

• rocket

• space probe

• satellite

• space station

A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around the object

• revolution

• orbit

• electromagnetic spectrum

• solar system

An instrument that travels far into the solar system and gathers data that it sends back to Earth

• space probe

• satellite

• space station

• space shuttle

The first step in the U.S. program to reach the Moon that orbited a piloted spacecraft around Earth and brought it back safely.

• Project Apollo

• Project Gemini

• Project Mercury