Telescopes Review

A refracting telescope uses _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Mirrors

• Lasers

• Water

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Reflecting telescopes use _______ to focus light.

• Lenses

• Flat mirrors

• Curved Mirrors

• A lens and lasers

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One of the issues created by the air surrounding us is:

• Interferometry

• Reflection

• Interference

• Atmospheric blurring

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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

Which of these is a process that is unique to radio telescopes?

• Spectrometry

• Interferometry

• Photometry

• Photography

What types of telescopes have to be placed in space? (Choose all that apply)

• X-ray Telescopes

• Gamma ray Telescopes

• Infrared Telescopes

• Radio Telescopes

Which of these light types cannot be captured by a telescope?

• Radio waves

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet

• All of them can be captured

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When light passes through a lens, it _____

• reflects
• is absorbed
• bounces
• changes direction

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The bending of light through a lens is called _____

• reflection
• refraction
• diffraction
• absorption

The image, observed in a telescope, is _____

• bigger than the object
• the same size as the object
• slightly smaller than the object
• much smaller than the object