Q: What are telescopes that use lenses to bend light called?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Telescopes that use lenses to bend light are called refracting telescopes , or refractors ( Figure below ). The earliest telescopes were all refractors. Many amateur astronomers still use refractors today. Refractors are good for viewing details within our solar system. Craters on the surface of Earth’s Moon or the rings around Saturn are two such details.

 Choices:

- reflecting telescopes

- sliding telescopes

- layering telescopes

- refracting telescopes


A:
refracting telescopes