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Space Expolration and florida
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Astronomy
8th Grade
11/28/2012

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What did people use to tell time?
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STARS
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Telescopes
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Enable astronomers to observe many more stars than they could see with their eyes alone

 

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Electromatic Waves
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Stars produce energy that radiates into space, traveling in waves called
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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The entire range of radiant energy carried by electromagnetic waves is the.....
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Radiant Energy
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Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy through matter or through s vaccum, such as space
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Wavelength Facts:
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Eectromagnetic waves w/short wavelengths hav higher frequencies nd waves w/longer wavelenghths have fewer frequencies
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Humans observe only the ____ light on the electromagnetic specrum
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