The Rings of Saturn — Questions and answers

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What revolutionary idea did Galileo Galilei have about using the telescope?

Choices

  1. To make it much smaller
  2. To point it only at ships
  3. To point it at the stars ✓
  4. To use it to read books

Answer: To point it at the stars

From page 4

What did Galileo's drawing of Saturn show?

Choices

  1. A perfectly round planet
  2. A planet with two strange lumps ✓
  3. Many tiny moons orbiting the planet
  4. A very bright star

Answer: A planet with two strange lumps

From page 5

What were the 'ears' that Galileo saw around Saturn actually?

Choices

  1. Small moons
  2. Other planets
  3. Rings ✓
  4. Clouds

Answer: Rings

From page 6

Who finally solved the puzzle of Saturn's rings with a better telescope?

Choices

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. Kai's father
  3. Christiaan Huygens ✓
  4. Carl Sagan

Answer: Christiaan Huygens

From page 7

What did Kai realize about Galileo's blurry view of Saturn?

Choices

  1. Galileo's telescope was broken.
  2. He was seeing the right thing, but in a blurry way, like her unfocused binoculars. ✓
  3. He didn't know how to use a telescope.
  4. He was looking at the wrong planet.

Answer: He was seeing the right thing, but in a blurry way, like her unfocused binoculars.

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