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Questionnaire- September '08, Vol. 13; The Hubble Space Telescope

Source: NY 'Science Times' excerpts from article by Dennis Overbye, Aug. 5, 2008
Part 1: Matching - Based on the text of this month's LTE issue, match the key word or phrase with its definition.
Word or phrase to be defined
1. 'Father of the Hubble Space Telescope'	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinary great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded or unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
2. deleted	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
3. predecessor	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competenceb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number, or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view or transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
4. enormous	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
5. drain resources	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
6. aberration	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
7. hitting its stride	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
8. national outcry	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
9. unobscured	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
10. hobbled	a. to reach a full level of efficiency, competencyb. marked by extraordinarily great size, number or degreec. a country or people's wake up call to a crisis or issued. failure of a mirror, refracting surface or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.e. a clear, detailed view; transparent, uncamouflaged, unclouded, unconcealedf. to move along unsteadily or with difficultyg. deplete, needlessly waste away talent or materialsh. a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeededi. to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out or erasingj. the inventor, who developed the basic idea for a product or concept
Part 2: Antonyms - Based on the text of this month's LTE issue, select from the following words in 'quotes' the correct antonym (opposite): 'hidden', 'insert', 'successor', 'small or tiny', 'not or unhandicapped'
a.delete (opposite word)
b. predecessor (opposite word)
c. enormous (opposite word)
d. unobscured (opposite word)
e. hobbled (opposite word)
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