George Ellery Hale — Questions and answers
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What was the name of the big telescope built on Mount Wilson in California?
Choices
- The Starlight Gazer
- The George Hale Scope
- The 100-inch Hooker Telescope ✓
- The California Cosmos Viewer
Answer: The 100-inch Hooker Telescope
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What was George Ellery Hale most interested in studying at first?
Choices
- Distant galaxies
- The moon's craters
- Our closest star, the Sun ✓
- Other planets in our solar system
Answer: Our closest star, the Sun
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What special instrument did George Ellery Hale invent in 1891 to study the Sun?
Choices
- The super-magnifier
- The spectroheliograph ✓
- The Sun-spotter
- The light-catcher 3000
Answer: The spectroheliograph
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Why was Mount Wilson a great place to build an observatory, even though it was hard to get there?
Choices
- It had lots of trees
- It offered very stable air and dark skies ✓
- It was close to a big city
- It had a flat top for building
Answer: It offered very stable air and dark skies
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What did Edwin Hubble discover using the 100-inch Hooker Telescope?
Choices
- That the moon was made of cheese
- That 'spiral nebulae' were other galaxies and the universe was expanding ✓
- New planets in our solar system
- The first sunspots
Answer: That 'spiral nebulae' were other galaxies and the universe was expanding
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What important discovery did George Ellery Hale make about sunspots?
Choices
- They were very hot
- They had powerful magnetic fields ✓
- They were holes in the Sun
- They caused the Sun to shine brighter
Answer: They had powerful magnetic fields
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Besides his discoveries, what else did George Ellery Hale do that was very important?
Choices
- He wrote many science fiction books
- He built many observatories and believed in 'big science' ✓
- He invented the first rocket ship
- He taught in a small school
Answer: He built many observatories and believed in 'big science'
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