TRUE/FALSE
TELESCOPES
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MAPPING THE STARS
WHO'S WHO
100
T/F Gamma rays and X-rays are unblocked
What is false, they're blocked.
100
How many lenses does the simplest telescope have?
What is 2.
100
What colors of light can humans see from?
What is red to blue.
100
How many constellations are there?
What is 88 constellations.
100
What was the tool that Tycho Brahe was famous for using?
What is mural quadrant.
200
T/F Radio telescopes are much larger than optical telescopes.
What is true.
200
What is the main difference between refracting and reflecting telescopes?
What is refracting uses lenses, while reflecting uses mirrors.
200
One light year is how many trillion km ?
What is 9.46 trillion km.
200
When the Greeks saw orion the Hunter in the sky, what did the Japanese see?
What is a drum.
200
What was the difference between Ptolemy's theory and Copernicus' theory?
What is Ptolemy believed in an earth centered universe, while Copernicus believed in a sun centered universe.
300
T/F James Clerk Maxwell proved that invisible light is a part of the EMS.
What is false, visible light
300
The Keck telescopes are located in ______, and have ______hexagonal mirrors which work together.
What is Hawaii, 36
300
What type of stars can be seen at all times of the year?
What is circumpolar stars.
300
When the Earth revolves around the sun the apparent locations of the stars change from...........?
What is season to season.
300
Who was one of the 1st people to use a telescope, and what did he observe with it?(3 examples)
What is craters and mountains on Earth's moon, 4 of Jupiter's moons, sunspots on the sun, and the phases of Venus.
400
T/F A month is the time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth.
What is true.
400
Why do scientists place telescopes on mountains?
What is because the air is thinner, and less pollution.
400
How do astronomers measure declination?
What is in degrees north or south of the celestial equator.
400
What does an astrolabe do?
What is helps describes the location of stars or planets.
400
What did Edwin Hubble prove?
What is that other galaxies existed beyond the edge of the Milky Way.
500
T/F People in ancient cultures used the locations of stars to find out their zodiac and measure how much land they had.
What is false, to navigate and keep track of time.
500
Fill in the statement. The shorter the wavelength the ______the radiation and the longer the wavelength the ______radiation.
What is more harmful, less harmful.
500
In using an astrolabe what are the three parts of reference?
What is zenith, horizon, and altitude.
500
What do astronomers replace latitude and longitude with?
What is declination and right ascension.
500
Who proved that all objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force?
Who is Isaac Newton.
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