Describe the Use of Technology to Observe Objects in the Solar System
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Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. Kids Discover Telescopes Worksheet Get Set to Read Using your magazine, determine which statements are true and which statements are false. Also identify which page you found the answer. 1. Until the telescope was invented, many people believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. a. True b. False 2. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 3. A telescope works because it collects more light than the naked eye. a. True b. False 4. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 5. The first telescope was invented by Sir Isaac Newton. a. True b. False 6. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 7. I found the answer on people first saw the far side of the Moon when the Hale Telescope was built in California in 1889. a. True b. False 8. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 9. The Hubble Space Telescope is the first of four space observatories. a. True b. False 10. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 11. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced images of stars being born. a. True b. False 12. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). 1 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. 13. Binoculars are an effective tool for viewing the night sky. a. True b. False 14. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers). It’s in the Reading After reading KIDS DISCOVER Telescopes, choose the best answer for each question. 15. You can see ______of stars on a clear night. a. hundreds c. thousands b. millions d. hundreds of thousands 16. What device helped scientists to see new stars, new planets, and new moons? a. Microscope c. Spectroscopes b. Telescopes d. Stereoscopes 17. According to legend, a Dutch apprentice working for ______looked through two lenses at once and saw that everything looked larger. a. Tycho Brahe c. Christian Huygens b. Galileo Galilei d. Hans Lippershey 18. A refracting telescope uses ______to form an image. a. mirrors c. lenses b. water d. diamonds 19. A reflecting telescope uses ______to form an image. a. mirrors c. lenses b. water d. diamonds
Identify the year with the event.
2 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. _____ 20. George Ellery Hale invents the spectroscope. A. 1609 _____ 21. William Parsons builds a reflecting telescope with a B. 1781 72-inch mirror. It was the largest telescope in the world until 1917. C. 1845 _____ 22. Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. D. 1889 _____ 23. Galileo Galilei uses the telescope to look at the night sky. E. 1932 _____ 24. Hubble Space Telescope is launched. F. 1957 _____ 25. The Soviet Union (now Russia) launches the first satellite in Earth orbit. G. 1990 _____ 26. Karl Jansky accidentally invents radio astronomy. 27. The oldest surviving observatory was found in ______. a. Mexico c. Northern Ireland b. South Korea d. Australia 28. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is made up of an entire system of reflecting telescopes. a. True b. False 29. The largest refracting telescope is found at Yerkes Observatory. How big is its lens? a. 4-inches c. 400-inches b. 40-inches d. 100-inches 30. The world’s largest radio telescope is bigger than how many football fields. a. 3 c. 17 b. 12 d. 42
31. The Very Large Array is made up of 27 radio telescopes. How big is the telescope it forms? a. 1,500 feet c. 22 miles 3 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. b. 16 miles d. 51 miles 32. This telescope will eventually replace the Hubble Space Telescope. a. Spitzer Telescope c. GLAST b. James Webb Space Telescope d. Neil Armstrong X-Ray Telescope 33. SETI stands for… a. Saving Eagle Talon Images b. Seeking Especially Telluric Iowans. c. Sending Earthly Tunes Instantly. d. Stars Explode Telescopic Instruments e. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence 34. Place these events in their proper order. (Use the diagram on the top of pg. 15.) a. Big Bang, first stars, dark ages, here and now, first galaxies. b. First stars, first galaxies, dark ages, Big Bang, here and now. c. Big Bang, dark ages, first stars, first galaxies, here and now. d. Dark ages, Big Bang, first stars, first galaxies, here and now.
35. All the stars in a constellation are not the same distance from Earth. a. True b. False
Kids Discover Telescopes Worksheet - Key
4 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. 1. Until the telescope was invented, many people believed the Sun revolved around the Earth.
a. True
2. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
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3. A telescope works because it collects more light than the naked eye.
a. True
4. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
4
5. The first telescope was invented by Sir Isaac Newton.
b. False
6. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
4
7. I found the answer on people first saw the far side of the Moon when the Hale Telescope was built in California in 1889.
b. False
8. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
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5 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. 9. The Hubble Space Telescope is the first of four space observatories.
a. True
10. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
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11. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced images of stars being born.
a. True
12. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
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12. 10
13. Binoculars are an effective tool for viewing the night sky.
a. True
14. I found the answer on page ______. (Enter page using numbers).
17
15. You can see ______of stars on a clear night.
c. thousands
16. What device helped scientists to see new stars, new planets, and new moons?
b. Telescopes
6 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. 17. According to legend, a Dutch apprentice working for ______looked through two lenses at once and saw that everything looked larger.
d. Hans Lippershey
18. A refracting telescope uses ______to form an image.
c. lenses
19. A reflecting telescope uses ______to form an image.
a. mirrors
D 20. George Ellery Hale invents the spectroscope.
C 21. William Parsons builds a reflecting telescope with a 72-inch mirror. It was the largest telescope in the world until 1917.
B 22. Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
A 23. Galileo Galilei uses the telescope to look at the night sky.
G 24. Hubble Space Telescope is launched.
F 25. The Soviet Union (now Russia) launches the first satellite in Earth orbit.
E 26. Karl Jansky accidentally invents radio astronomy.
27. The oldest surviving observatory was found in ______.
b. South Korea
28. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is made up of an entire system of reflecting telescopes.
7 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System.
a. True
29. The largest refracting telescope is found at Yerkes Observatory. How big is its lens?
b. 40 inches
30. The world’s largest radio telescope is bigger than how many football fields.
a. 3
31. The Very Large Array is made up of 27 radio telescopes. How big is the telescope it forms?
c. 22 miles
32. This telescope will eventually replace the Hubble Space Telescope.
b. James Webb Space Telescope
33. SETI stands for…
e. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
34. Place these events in their proper order. (Use the diagram on the top of pg. 15.)
c. Big Bang, dark ages, first stars, first galaxies, here and now.
35. All the stars in a constellation are not the same distance from Earth.
b. False
8 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System.
Kids Discover Telescopes Worksheet (Scoring Guide) 1. a (2 choices) 19. a Scoring 2. 2 20. D (7 3. a (2 choices) choices) Guide
9 | P a g e Objective Describe the use of technology to observe objects in the Solar System. 4. 4 21. C (7 choices) 32-35 – 3 2. b. (2 choices) 22. B (7 choices) 6. 4 23. A (7 choices) 28-31 – 2.5 7. b. (2 choices) 24. G (7 23-27 – 2 8. 4 choices) 17-22 – 1.5 9. a (2 choices) 25. F (7 choices) 10. 7 26. E (7 choices) 10-16 – 1 11. a (2 choices) 27. b 1-9 – .5 12. 10 28. a (2 choices) 13. a (2 choices) 29. b 0 – 0 14. 17 30. a 15. c 31. c 16. b 32 b 17. d 33. e (5 choices) 18. c 34. c 35. b (2 choices)
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