ES 24.2 Formative

A _____ telescope uses a lens to bend light.

• refracting

• reflecting

• radio

• space

Astronomers usually study an image from a telescope by first photographing the image.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Most large optical telescopes are reflecting telescopes.

• true

• false

A _____ telescope uses a concave mirror to focus the light in front of the mirror.

• radio

• reflecting

• refracting

• space

A _____ telescope focuses incoming radio waves on an antenna, which absorbs and transmits those waves to an amplifier, just like a radio antenna.

• radio

• reflecting

• refracting

• Galileo

Radio telescopes are much less affected by clouds and weather than optical telescopes.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

____ telescopes are useable 24 hours a day, not just at night.

• reflecting

• refracting

• radio

The first space telescope was called the _____ telescope.

• Galileo

• Apollo

• Compton

• Hubble

____ telescopes orbit above Earth's atmosphere and produce clearer images than Earth-based telescopes.

• optical

• radio

• refracting

• space

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Some telescopes are able to gather data by detecting x-rays.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5