Electromagnetic Spectrum / Telescopes

Electromagnetic Spectrum / Telescopes

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Quiz

Science

5th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the correct order of the visible light spectrum?

Red, yellow, orange, blue, violet, indigo

Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red

Green, yellow, blue, indigo, red, orange,

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which electromagnetic waves help doctors detect broken bones inside your body?

gamma rays

x-rays

ultraviolet rays

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Astronomers have invented telescopes that allow us to "see" beyond the visable range?

True

False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.

Lenses

Mirrors

Lasers

Water

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Reflecting telescopes use _______ to focus light.

Lenses

Glass

Mirrors

Lasers

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What type of telescope can work 24 hours a day and even be used in the rain?

Refracting Telescope

Radio Telescope

Newtonian Telescope

Solar Telescope

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

So it can be closer to the stars it magnifies

It has very large optical lenses

So its images aren't distorted by Earth's atmosphere

So it can be operated by astronauts

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