Telescopes Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 57215)


This Test Covers The Three Types Of Telescopes That Mr. Carter Taught In The Video. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

____________ telescope is a combination of lenses and mirrors.
a) Schmidt-cassegrain or Catadioptric Telescopes
b) Reflecting Telescopes
c) Refracting Telescopes
d)

In the refractor telescope you're looking at the eyepiece at the other end of the telescope but with the reflector telescope the eyepiece is toward the __________ of the telescope.
a) end
b) side
c) top
d)

Reflector telescopes use _________ instead of ___________.
a) lenses, mirrors
b) mirrors, lenses
c)
d)

______________developed the reflector about 1680, in response to the chromatic aberration (rainbow halo) problem that plagued refractors during his time.
a) Isaac Newton
b) Galileo
c) Hans Lippershey
d)

Refracting telescopes use ___________.
a) mirrors
b) glass lenses
c)
d)

Before the light goes up to the eyepiece it has to go through a ______________.
a) horizontal
b) vertical
c) diagonal
d)

True or False Galileo used a refractor telescope.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

____________ was the first person to use the telescope in astronomy.
a) Isaac Newton
b) Hans Lippershey
c) Galileo
d)

A telescope is like a big________.
a) tube
b) eye
c)
d)

This person from Holland invented the first telescope in 1608.
a) Hans Lippershey
b) Galileo
c) Isaac Newton
d)

No matter what it says on the box regarding magnification of the telescope it is rarely true because it's not usable at those numbers.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The primary job of a telescope is to gather_________.
a) information
b) space objects
c) light
d)

Catadioptric telescopes use a __________path optical system and thus can be shorter than their focal length would imply. They are lighter and more compact when compared to telescopes of the same aperture, as is the mount that holds them.
a) straight
b) folded
c) diagonal
d)

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