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Astronomer Tools

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What astronomy tool collects visible light, then uses convex lenses to focus the light producing larger, brighter images of distant objects in space.

a)

Reflecting telescope

b)

Refracting telescope

c)

Radio telescope

d)

Infrared telescope

2.

What astronomy tool collects visible light, then uses mirrors to focus the light producing larger, brighter images of distant objects in space.

a)

Reflecting telescope

b)

Refracting telescope

c)

Radio telescope

d)

Infrared telescope

3.
What do you call astronomy tools placed in orbit around Earth. They have special instruments and telescopes that collect information from space. This information is sent back to Earth where it is interpreted.
a)
Satellite
b)
Space Probe
c)
Radio telescope
d)
Spectroscope
4.
What do you call the astronomy tool that receive radio waves emitted from objects in space, including waves from very distant stars and galaxies; it can receive information in any weather and during day or night.
a)
Radio telescope
b)
Spectroscope
c)
Space probe
d)
Infrared telescope
5.
What do you call the astronomy tool that collects light from distant stars and separate that light into bands of different colors; by studying these bands, astronomers can identify the elements, density, and temperature of distant stars and perhaps planets.
a)
Space Probe
b)
Spectroscope
c)
Infrared telescope
d)
Satellite
6.
What do you call the astronomy tool that contains specialize instruments to collect data. They often travel out of Earth’s orbit to explore places that would be too dangerous for humans.
a)
Space Probes
b)
Spectroscope
c)
Satellites
d)
Space Shuttle
7.
What do you call the amount of matter in an object. It remains the same regardless of an object's location.
a)
Mass
b)
Weight
c)
Gravity
d)
Force
8.
What do you call the measure of gravitational pull on an object. (Mass times gravity) This changes depending on the objects location.
a)
Gravity
b)
Mass
c)
Weight
d)
Inertia
9.
What two factors affect the amount of gravitational pull between two objects?
a)
Mass and Distance
b)
Inertia and Mass
c)
Mass and Weight
d)
Inertia and Weight
10.
What two factors keep the planets in orbit around the sun?
a)
Sun's inertia and Planet's mass
b)
Planet's inertia and Sun's gravity
c)
Planet's gravity and Sun's inertia
11.
What tool do we use to measure weight?
a)
balance
b)
spring scale
c)
prism
d)
slinky
12.
What tool do we use to measure mass?
a)
prism
b)
spring scale
c)
slinky
d)
balance
13.
What tool do we use to split white light into its white light into the colors of the visible spectrum?
a)
prism
b)
balance
c)
spectrometer
d)
color filter
14.

Which astronomer is given credit for the heliocentric model of our solar system?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Brahe

d)

Kepler

15.

Which astronomer turned the telescope into a valuable tool for studying outer space? He also located Jupiter's four largest moons named for him.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Brahe

16.

Which astronomer located many stars and galaxies? He also developed the three laws of planetary movement.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Brahe

17.

Which astronomer made the most precise observations that had yet been made by devising the best instruments available before the invention of the telescope.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Brahe

18.

The Hubble Telescope is a combination of which two tools astronomers use to explore the universe?

a)

telescope

b)

satellite

c)

space probe

d)

prism

19.

Which type of tool have astronomers sent to the surface of Venus and Mars?

a)

space probes

b)

satellites

c)

Spectrometers

d)

humans

20.

Which astronomer tool do we use to learn about the composition, density, and temperatures of distant stars?

a)

Spectroscope

b)

Space Probes

c)

Telescopes

d)

Space Ships

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