Quiz about Telescope quiz

Question 1

What type of telescopes use mirrors to focus the light of the image?

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Reflecting telescopes

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Refracting telescopes

Question 2

What type of telescopes use lenses to magnify the image?

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Refracting telescopes

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Reflecting telescopes

Question 3

What famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy?

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Galileo

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Albert Einstein

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Aristotle

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Isaac Newton

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Thomas Edison

Question 4

This image depicts a ______ telescope

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refracting

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reflecting

Question 5

This image depicts a ______ telescope

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reflecting

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refracting

Question 6

Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

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to be above part of the atmosphere

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to be closer to the stars

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because it is easier to build telescopes on mountains

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to be closer to city lights

Question 7

All modern telescopes are

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reflectors

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refractors

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long

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thin

Question 8

What is the MAJOR problem with trying to see stars in or near a city?

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Light pollution

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Not as many people with telescopes

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Clouds

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The stars are too far away.

Question 9

What are some of the problems that refracting telescopes have that make reflecting telescopes better

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lenses only

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Chromatic aberration

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mirrors only

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I couldn't think of a forth answer

Question 10

Why are radio telescopes so BIG?

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To collect their huge wavelengths

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Cause they want to be JEEZ

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to collect more radio

Question 11

Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

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Gamma Rays

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Radio waves

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Ultraviolet Rays

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X-rays

Question 12

True or False:
Many objects give off radiation that you can't see.

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True

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False

Question 13

Which type of telescope uses lenses or mirrors to gather visible light?

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optical telescope

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space telescope

Question 14

a telescope that has a parabolic primary mirror and a hyperbolic secondary mirror that reflects the light back down through a hole in the primary

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Cassegrain telescope

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Newtonian telescope

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Reflecting telescope

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Refracting telescope

Question 15

a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton using a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror.

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Newtonian telescope

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Reflecting telescope

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Refracting telescope

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Cassegrain telescope

Question 16

A usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror

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Telescope

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Binoculars

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Satellite

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Radio telescope

Question 17

a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image.

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Reflecting telescope

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Refracting telescope

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Newtonian telescope

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Cassegrain telescope

Question 18

a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image

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Refracting telescope

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Reflecting telescope

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Newtonian telescope

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infrared telescope

Question 19

A technique that uses the images from several telescopes to produce a single image.

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interferometry

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combinometry

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supertelescoping

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megascoping

Question 20

The total area of a telescope capable of capturing incoming radiation

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Collecting Area

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Parsec

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Angular Resolution

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Coude Telescope

Question 21

The major problem with refracting telescopes is:

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Distortion

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Using convex lens

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Creating larger images

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Reflection

Question 22

What type of wave spreads out and goes through an opening or around corner?

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Diffraction

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Reflection

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Refraction

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Interference

Telescope quiz

22 questions

What type of telescopes use mirrors to focus the light of the image?

What type of telescopes use lenses to magnify the image?

What famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy?

This image depicts a ______ telescope

This image depicts a ______ telescope

Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

All modern telescopes are

What is the MAJOR problem with trying to see stars in or near a city?

What are some of the problems that refracting telescopes have that make reflecting telescopes better

Why are radio telescopes so BIG?

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