Physics: Telescopes
Test Quiz
1. What are telescopes used for?
a. To see very small objects
b. To measure distance
c. To see far away objects
d. To measure time
e. To predict the weather
2. What is the magnification of a telescope?
a. How much light it can gather
b. How much larger it can make objects appear
c. How much energy it generates
d. How long it takes to focus
e. The size of the aperture
3. The larger the ________, the more light a telescope can gather.
a. Magnification
b. Lens
c. Mirror
d. Eyepiece
e. Aperture
4. What type of telescopes use mirrors to focus the light of the image?
a. Reflecting telescopes
b. Refracting telescopes
c.
d.
e.
5. What type of telescopes use lenses to magnify the image?
a. Reflecting telescopes
b. Refracting telescopes
c.
d.
e.
6. What do we call the lens in a telescope that spreads out the light across the retina of your eye?
a. Convex lens
b. Objective lens
c. Mirror lens
d. Eyepiece
e. Aperture
7. What famous scientist invented the reflecting telescope?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Aristotle
c. Isaac Newton
d. Thomas Edison
e. Galileo
8. What famous scientist first used the telescope for astronomy?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Aristotle
c. Isaac Newton
d. Thomas Edison
e. Galileo
9. What telescope was put into outer space in 1990?
a. Hubble telescope
b. Apollo telescope
c. Gemini telescope
d. Green Bank telescope
e. Keck telescope
10. Where are most observatories with large telescopes built?
a. On small islands
b. On mountaintops
c. At sea level near the ocean
d. At the equator
e. At the North Pole
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