Tools for Astronomy Quiz B >> Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space
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1.True or False: One reason space telescopes, like the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are important is because they are above the Earth’s atmosphere so they are not subject to the blurring of light like ground-based telescopes.
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2.The largest telescopes in the world, including a dish in Puerto Rico that is 300 meters in diameter, are designed to look at wavelengths of light that are invisible to our eyes. These telescopes observe which of these wavelengths:
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3.Astronomers have experimented with using the universe itself as a telescope. Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicted that mass would bend space, and light would follow these contours; focusing and magnifying and distorting the light, resulting in a phenomenon called:
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4.True or False: Two merging black holes are a promising source of gravitational waves.
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