8. A CCD camera collects:
a. most of the photons from a scene
b. many of the photons but not as many as a photograph can
c. fewer photons than the eye can see
d. dust
e. trick question: CCD's have nothing to do with the collection of photons
9. The next large space telescope to be launched is called:
a. Webb telescope
b. Hubble telescope
c. Shuttle telescope
d. Harvard telescope
e. Clinton telescope
10. The wavelength of radio waves is very ____ (compared to light); therefore, radio telescopes are very ____
a. short/large
b. short/small
c. long/large
d. long/small
e. wavelength and size of a radio scope are not related
11. The largest radio telescope is on Mona Kea in Hawaii. T/F
12. Galileo's first telescope was a reflector. T/F
13. Most X-ray and UV telescopes work best:
a. from orbit
b. from high mountains
c. from airplane observatories
d. trick question: there are not X-ray or UV telescopes
e. trick question: they can work from anywhere on or above the Earth.
14. The smallest part of an electronic (digital) image is called:
a. pixel (picture element)
b. dot
c. electron
d. optican
e. spot
15.A method used to counter the effects of atmospheric turbulance when looking through the Earth's atmosphere is called adaptive optics. T/F
a. most of the photons from a scene
b. many of the photons but not as many as a photograph can
c. fewer photons than the eye can see
d. dust
e. trick question: CCD's have nothing to do with the collection of photons
9. The next large space telescope to be launched is called:
a. Webb telescope
b. Hubble telescope
c. Shuttle telescope
d. Harvard telescope
e. Clinton telescope
10. The wavelength of radio waves is very ____ (compared to light); therefore, radio telescopes are very ____
a. short/large
b. short/small
c. long/large
d. long/small
e. wavelength and size of a radio scope are not related
11. The largest radio telescope is on Mona Kea in Hawaii. T/F
12. Galileo's first telescope was a reflector. T/F
13. Most X-ray and UV telescopes work best:
a. from orbit
b. from high mountains
c. from airplane observatories
d. trick question: there are not X-ray or UV telescopes
e. trick question: they can work from anywhere on or above the Earth.
14. The smallest part of an electronic (digital) image is called:
a. pixel (picture element)
b. dot
c. electron
d. optican
e. spot
15.A method used to counter the effects of atmospheric turbulance when looking through the Earth's atmosphere is called adaptive optics. T/F