telescopes

Who invented the telescope?

• Galileo
• Plato
• Ptolemy
• it's unknown

What was Galileo's contribution to the telescope?

• He invented it
• He patented it
• He discovered it
• He promoted it

When light passes through a lens, it _____

• reflects
• is absorbed
• bounces
• changes direction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The bending of light through a lens is called _____

• reflection
• refraction
• diffraction
• absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Telescopes that use mirrors are called _____

• refractors
• reflectors
• catadioptric
• resolving

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Who was the first to develop reflecting telescopes?

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei
• Tycho Brahe

A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Mirrors

• Lasers

• Water

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

A telescope that uses lenses and mirrors to collect and focus visible light is called an...

• Refracting Telescope
• Reflecting Telescope
• Optical Telescope
• Radio Telescope

Why is the Hubble telescope located in space?

• So it can be closer to the stars it magnifies
• They have very large optical lenses
• So its images arent distorted by Earth's atmosphere 
• So it can be operated by astronauts