Radio telescopes are ____ telescopes.
A) Reflecting
B) Refracting
C) Deflecting
D) Compound
E) Retracting

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Radio telescopes use large dishes or arrays of dishes to reflect and focus radio waves from space onto a receiver, making them reflecting telescopes. Radio telescopes are reflecting telescopes that use a large reflective dish to collect and focus radio waves from space onto a receiver at the focus of the dish. The dish is usually made up of a large number of smaller reflectors that work together to form a single large dish.

Radio Telescopes Are ____ Telescopes