Exploring Universe

...is a tool used to magnify distant objects in space

• Telescope

• Reflecting Telescope

• Space Telescope

• Refracting Telescope

Which type of telescope uses lenses?

• Refracting Telescope

• Reflecting Telescope

Astronomers do not star charts, to find the locations of stars in the night sky.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Some telescopes are located on Earth, while others orbit Earth in space. Terrestrial telescopes include reflecting telescopes and refracting telescopes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What type of Telescope is?

• Reflecting Telescope

• Refracting Telescope

• Telescope

• Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope adds greatly to our knowledge concerning the ______ and ________ of the universe.

• ultraviolet to infared

• size and structure

The Hubble Space Telescope is a bus-sized satellite powered by huge _______ panels.

Because ancient people didn't know what stars were, they created mythologies to help them understand space, and they included recognizable groups of stars or-------in their myths.

A burst of invention at the beginning of the 20th century brings technological wonders—automobiles, airplanes, and even rockets.

This happened in...

• 1900–1950

• 1951–1959

• 1960–1969

• 1970–1979

.....is the condition in outer space in which the force of gravity is at a minimum.

• Zero gravity
• High gravity
• Microgravity
• Partial gravity