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How are telescopes used in astronomy

Telescopes are used to see things that are far away from earth. Using telescopes we can see things that are millions of miles away. Most of the telescopes are on Earth but some of them are in space such as the Hubble Space Telescope.

Which famous scientist first used a telescope for astronomical observations

Galileo

What is the thin red rim seen around the sun during a total solar eclipse

It is called the corona

Why can radio telescopes be used 24 hours a day

Radio signals are not overpowered by daytime sunlight as are optical signals, thus 24 hour operation.

Increased altitude generally causes lower what

Tempartures.

Temperatures*

Savage ^

Why do marine west coast climates have much precipitation

Marine west coast climates have much precipitation because

Which winds are caused either by topographic effects or by variations in surface composition

Local winds

Which is not a property of optical telescopes

We're unable to see your paper, and since you didn't offer any options, we're not able to guess what choices you have.

What does the sun consume to produce energy and helium

Hydrogen! :)

The fact that light can exert a pressure on matter suggests that it is made of particles called

The particles of light are called photons.

What energy products are currently being obtained from the sea floor

oil and natural gas.

By observing sunspots Galileo concluded that the sun was what

was rotating on the circumfrence on deznuts

What is the radio interferometer

A network of several radio telescopes wired together

What do radio telescopes use to gather and forces radio waves

The radio telescopes use to gather and forces radio waves is a huge dish.

The horizontal distance between two successive crests is calloed the

"wavelength"

An air mass gets its characteristic properties from an area known as the .

source region

What natural warming of both earth lower atmosphere and the earths surface is the blank effect

greenhouse effect

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