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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does Reflecting Telescope use as an Objective?
LensMirrorsBat earsPrism
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does Refracting Telescope use as an Objective?
SandMirrorsLensPrism
- 3. Multiple Choice
A device that combines 2 or more telescopes to be used together is called a(n)...
Observatory
Interferometer
Optical TelescopeRadio Telescope - 4. Multiple Choice
Why are some telescopes located in space?
So it can be closer to the stars it magnifiesThey have very large optical lensesSo its images arent distorted by Earth's atmosphere
So it can be operated by astronauts - 5. Multiple Choice
Why do we need to observe Ultraviolet radiation from space?
The ozone blocks most of the UV rays in the surface.It’s hard to know exactly where the ozone hole will be to find UV imagesIt’s hard to use UV telescopes and radio telescopes together on the surface.It’s hard to use UV X-Ray telescopes and radio telescopes together on the surface - 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the MAJOR problem with trying to see stars in or near a city?Not as many people with telescopesLight pollutionCloudsThe stars are too far away.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which light waves have the longest wavelength?
red light
radio waves
ultraviolet light
gamma rays
- 8. Multiple Choice
What are some of the characteristics of a good location for building a telescope?
Calm air
Clear skies (few clouds for most of the year)
Dark skies (far from cities)
Dry
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA spectrograph breaks the light from an object into a(n) ____________, or range of different colors, and produces an image of it.spectrumspectragraphvisible lightprism
- 10. Drag and Drop
Spectrascopes use bands of color to identify: (a)
Mass of starThe elements in the starThe weight of the starThe sounds the star makes - 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of telescope is this?RefractorReflectorNon-OpticalX- Ray
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe type of light humans can see is called ___________ light.electromagneticredwhitevisible
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBoth reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed tobreak visible light into colors of the spectrum.separate visible light from ultraviolet and radio waves.gather and focus visible light.work better with short-wavelength radiation.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of telescope is this?RefractorReflectorNon-OpticalX- Ray
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which light waves have the highest frequency?
red light
radio waves
ultraviolet light
gamma rays
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe bending of light through a lens is called _____reflectionrefractiondiffractionabsorption
- 17. Multiple Choice
The ability to separate two objects that are very close together in the final image, is called the _____
orientationattitudemagnificationresolution - 18. Multiple ChoiceWhite light is made up of:red, yellow, and blueno colorsall colorsred, green, and blue
- 19. Multiple Choice
When light separates into the different wavelengths/energies this is called...
dispersion
refraction
diffraction
disassociation
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe point where the rays meet is known as....Firethe focal pointrefractionPlane of the lens
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