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4. What do radio telescopes use to gather and focus radio waves?
A a very large mirror
B a huge dish
C a tall rotating tower
D a set of glass lenses

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I think it would be C

The statement of radio telescopes use to gather and focus radio waves "a tall rotating tower."

What are radio waves?

Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation that are commonly used in communication devices like television, mobile phones, and radios.

What is radio telescope?

A radio telescope is a radio receiver and antenna that detects radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes come in a variety of shapes and sizes, depending on the type of radio waves they detect. An antenna system that detects radio-frequency radiation emitted by extraterrestrial objects such as stars, galaxies, and quasars with wavelengths ranging from around 10 meters (30 MHz) to 1 mm (300 GHz).The parabolic dish antenna is the most adaptable and powerful type of radio telescope.

The parabola is a helpful mathematical form that causes incoming radio waves to bounce up to a single point above it, which is known as a focus. The parabolic surface is equatorially mounted on a tall rotating tower in certain radio telescopes, with one axis corresponding to the Earth's rotation axis.

Equatorial mounts are appealing because they allow the telescope to track a place in the sky as the Earth rotates by moving the antenna around a single axis that is parallel to the axis of rotation of the Earth.

Hence the correct answer is C.

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