6th - SCIENCE CH 19 VOCAB Flashcards
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Telescope that collects radio waves and some microwave using an antenna that looks like a TV satellite dish
Radio telescope
The entire range of electromagnetic waves with different frequencies in wavelengths
Electromagnetic spectrum
A telescope that uses mirrors to gather and focused light from distant objects
Reflecting telescope
Telescope that uses lenses to gather and focused light from distant objects
Refracting Telescope
A term that refers to anything related to the moon
Lunar
A series of space missions design send people to the moon
Project Apollo
Of you Kokapelli by the exhaust from burning fuel
Rocket
Jack that orbits a larger object other than a star
Satellite
An unscrewed spacecraft sent from earth to explore objects in space
Space probe
Reusable spacecraft that transports people and materials to and from space
Space shuttle
A round body of that orbits the sun but is not massive enough to clear away other objects in it’s orbit
Dwarf planet
Huge collection of stars, gas, and dust
Galaxy
And attractive force that exist between all objects that have mass
Gravity
Any electromagnetic radiation with energy greater than several thousand electron volts
Gamma Ray
A radio-frequency electromagnetic waves
Radio waves
Having no weight
Weightlessness