History of Telescopes Quiz (for EPIC Telescopes book)
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- Q1
Who made the first telescope?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo
Hans Lippershey
30s - Q2
What kind of tool is a telescope?
optional
optimal
optical
30s - Q3
Galileo's telescope used two ____ to concentrate light.
mirrors
levers
lenses
30s - Q4
Galileo's telescope could magnify objects _____ times.
200
20
2
30s - Q5
Galileo became the first person to use a telescope to study the ____
ocean
volcanoes
sky
30s - Q6
What is the study of the sun, moon and stars?
astrology
astrobiology
astronomy
30s - Q7
The first telescopes were ____ telescopes.
refracting
reflecting
reframing
30s - Q8
The first refracting telescopes were _________ in size.
small
large
medium
30s - Q9
In 1670, a astronomer from Poland built a telescope that was ______ long.
150 feet
150 miles
150 inches
30s - Q10
Sir Isaac Newton build a telescope that used ____ to focus light.
mirrors
levers
lenses
30s - Q11
What is a telescope that uses mirrors called?
reflecting
refracting
refreshing
30s - Q12
The largest reflecting telescope is in Spain. It has a mirror that has a diameter of ____
34.2 miles
34.2 feet
34.2 inches
30s - Q13
In April 1990, the space shuttle deployed the ________ Space Telescope in outer space.
Huddle
Hubble
Hummel
30s - Q14
The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the _____
Sun
Earth
Moon
30s - Q15
The James Webb Space Telescope will be orbit the ______
Moon
Earth
Sun
30s