Space and Astronomy Quiz 35

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What are telescopes used for:

To measure time

To measure distance

Both (a) & (b)

To see far away objects

Correct! Wrong!

The larger the ________, the more light a telescope can gather ?

Lens

Aperture

Both (a) & (b)

None

Correct! Wrong!

Which famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy ?

Isaac Newton

Aristotle

Galileo

None

Correct! Wrong!

What do we call the lens in a telescope that spreads out the light across the retina of your eye ?

Objective lens

Aperture

None

All of these

Correct! Wrong!

What famous scientist invented the reflecting telescope ?

Aristotle

Isaac Newton

Galileo

All of the above

Correct! Wrong!

Where are most observatories with large telescopes built?

At the pole

On the mountaintops

Both (a) & (b)

None

Correct! Wrong!

What is the magnification of a telescope?

The size of the aperture

How long it takes to focus

Both (a) & (b)

None of these

Correct! Wrong!

What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?

Hubble telescope

Keck telescope

Both (a)& (b)

None

Correct! Wrong!

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Space and Astronomy Quiz 35

What are telescopes used for:

The larger the ________, the more light a telescope can gather ?

Which famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy ?

What do we call the lens in a telescope that spreads out the light across the retina of your eye ?

What famous scientist invented the reflecting telescope ?

Where are most observatories with large telescopes built?

What is the magnification of a telescope?

What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?

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Space and Astronomy Quiz 35

What are telescopes used for:

The larger the ________, the more light a telescope can gather ?

Which famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy ?

What do we call the lens in a telescope that spreads out the light across the retina of your eye ?

What famous scientist invented the reflecting telescope ?

Where are most observatories with large telescopes built?

What is the magnification of a telescope?

What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?

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