NS2-M3C12 - Astronomical Observations Quiz 51

What were Galileo’s contributions to astronomy in the 1600's?

• He improved the telescope.

• He observed the moons of Saturn.

• He patented the space-borne telescope.

Choose the answer that makes the statement true. The objective lens of a refracting telescope is concave and inverts the image.

• Change “objective” to “eyepiece”

• Change “concave” to convex”

• Change “inverts” to “magnifies”

A place equipped with powerful telescopes used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological or other phenomena

• Observatory

• Reflecting Telescope

• Refracting Telescope

• CCD Camera

Where is the optical telescope located on a radiotelescope?

• Inside the collecting area

• Beside the detector

• On the transmitter

• All of the above

• None of the above

Radio waves are faster than which of the following? (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

• the speed of sound

• the speed of heat

• the speed of light

• the speed of the earth's rotation

• None of the above

A system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus is called:

• Sonar Camera

• Radiotelescope

• Reflecting telescope

• Solar telescope

In 2009, NASA launched a space telescope specifically designed to locate exoplanets. It was called:

• Kepler

• Hubble

• Webb

• Chandra

Skylab, first manned in ____, contained a group of ______ solar observation instruments and cameras, and made approximately ______ Sun observations.

• 1974; 9; 50,000

• 1974; 8; 150,000

• 1973; 9; 50,000

• 1973; 8; 150,000

Arrange the following in the proper sequence for projected time, soonest to latest.

• New Horizons to Pluto

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Juno to Jupiter

• ISS funding scheduled to end

The largest and most complex international scientific project in history; draws upon the scientific and technological resources of 16 nations: U.S., Canada, Japan, Russia and 11 nations of the European Space Agency and Brazil is:

• Spacecraft

• International Space Station (ISS)

• Satellite

• Space Probe