Radio Telescopes Quiz

Example Quiz 1
  • 1. Which of these is NOT a component of a radio telescope?
    Antenna
    Amplifier
    Eye piece

  • 2. Radio telescopes collect,
    Sound waves
    Radio waves
     UV radiation

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  • 3. Who was the first scientist to detect radio waves coming from the Milky Way?
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Percival Lowell
    Karl Guthe Jansky

  • 4. Radio telescope's dish reflector need not be as smooth as a mirror (used in an optical telescope) because,
    Radio waves are stronger than light waves
    Radio waves have a higher frequency than light waves
    Radio waves have a longer wave length than light waves

  • 5. The resolving power of a radio telescope depends on,
    The shape of the telescope
    The diameter of the telescope
     Prevailing weather conditions

  • 6. Radio telescopes are built far from human civilizations because,
    To avoid damage from dust
    To avoid disturbance from sound waves
    To reduce interference from artificial Radio and TV signals
  • 7. Which of these can only be seen with a radio telescope?
    Cool hydrogen clouds
     Asteroids
    Globular star clusters

  • 8. A radio telescope was used to discover,
    Pulsars
     Pluto
    White dwarfs

  • 9. Radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered,
    The Solar wind
    Radiation belts around the earth
    Cosmic microwave background radiation

  • 10. What is the largest single-aperture radio telescope?
    James Clerk Maxwell telescope
    Arecibo observatory
     South pole telescope


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