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A telescope collects what

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Light

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Astronomy

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The study of the universe

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Wavelength

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the distance from one peak to the next on a wave

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Frequency

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The number of waves that pass through any point in a second.

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The diagram that shows waves of light in order of their wavelengths is called

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The electromagnetic spectrum.

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Earth makes one every 24 hours

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Rotation

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The bending of waves as they go from one substance to another

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Refraction

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When a full moon passes through earths shadow

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Lunar eclipse

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Earth makes one every 365 days

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Revolution

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A belt 15 degrees wide in longitude in which all places have the same time

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Standard time zone

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All living things count on the ___ for energy

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Sun

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When the moon crosses earths orbit at full moon phase

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Solar eclipse

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The tides are caused by

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The pull between earth and the moon

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Everything that exists is the

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Universe

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