This worksheet gives students practice identifying telescopes and explaining their differences. They will identify the advantages of using a radio telescope and compare it to reflecting and refracting telescopes. Use this printable to supplement your study of physics and space science.
What Is a Radio Telescope?
Excerpted from
Concepts and Challenges of Earth Science
From Pearson's Concepts and Challenges Earth Science.
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