Telescopes
A telescope that uses mirrors to gather and focus light
Reflecting telescope
Electromagnetic Spectrum
All wavelengths and frequencies of radiation
What are the colors of the visible light spectrum and EMS in order?
ROYGBIV Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Which fighter jet did Tom Cruise ride in the original 1986 Top Gun movie?
Northrop Grumman F14 Tom Cat
an instrument that is used to view distant/far away objects
Telescope
Non-optical telescopes
Telescopes that use other forms of radiation as light.
These are fast travelling waves that can readily pass through soft tissues and can take pictures of your bones.
X-Ray
What are the only planets that don't have moons?
Mercury and Venus
What is the name of Nemo's dad in Finding Nemo?
Marlin
When mirrors or lenses focuses light to a point to form an image is called a??
Focal point
These waves can heat up your food in a small counter-top kitchen appliance but can also be used to track the first movements of energy from the big bang
Microwaves
What is the largest organ in the human body?
The skin
World's hottest pepper
Pepper X (2.69 million scoville units, 1000x hotter than a jalapeno)
Refracting and reflecting telescopes that focus visible light are called?
Optical telescopes
A wave that is composed of both an electrical field and a magnetic field.
Electromagnetic wave
These waves are the fastest travelling waves
Gamma
This animal has 3 hearts?
Octopus
What color of light we see doesn't actually exist and is only a combination of light?
Purple
What are the two lenses in a refracting telescope?
Eyepiece and objective lens
Radiation
Transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
List the 7 types of radiation in order
Radio, Micro, Infrared, Visible Light, UV, XRay, Gamma
What is Ms.G's favorite color?
Pink
Bella donna