Hubble & JWST

Hubble & JWST

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Hubble & JWST

Hubble & JWST

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Science

12th Grade

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NGSS
HS-ESS1-2, HS-PS4-3, MS-ESS1-3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

JWST's primary mirror consists of 18 ----- mirror segments made of gold-plated beryllium

pentagonal

square

hexagonal

triangular

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 3 pts

JWST is designed to primarily detect

visible light

near-infrared light

ultraviolet light

gamma rays

microwaves

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 3 pts

James Webb Space Telescope orbits which celestial body?

Earth

Mars

Moon

Sun

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

Hubble has helped confirm that the Milky Way will merge with which nearby galaxy?

Pinwheel Galaxy

Sombrero Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy

Virgo A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

What do the initial moments after the Big Bang have in common with the universe as it exists now? 

all the stars, galaxies, and planets that exist today were formed just a few moments after the Big Bang

The universe back then could not sustain life, and it cannot sustain life now

the universe was extremely hot then, and it is still extremely hot not

the universe began expanding then, and it is still expanding today

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 3 pts

This is thought to comprise at least 85% of all matter in the universe

dark energy

dark matter

electromagnetic radiation

global clusters

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 3 pts

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Hubble's Law applies a constant to its formula.

What does the Hubble constant measure?

The density of galaxies in the universe

the reddening of light by intergalactic dust clouds

The luminosity of distant galaxies

the speed of a galaxy of known redshift

The rate of expansion of the universe

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