Hubble & JWST

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

• pentagonal

• square

• hexagonal

• triangular

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

James Webb Space Telescope orbits which celestial body?

• Earth

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

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

• Pinwheel Galaxy

• Sombrero Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy

• Virgo A

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

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

• dark energy

• dark matter

• electromagnetic radiation

• global clusters

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

Dramatic explosion that takes place during the final stages of the death of a supermassive star

• black hole

• nebula

• planetary nebula

• dark energy

• supernova

Hubble has relayed many important images in its thirty years. This is one of them. Can you identify this object where light cannot escape?

• neutron star

• spiral galaxy

• quasar

• black hole

• planetary nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Which of the following was a key Hubble discovery in our solar system?

• new craters on Earth's moon

• new solar wind patterns

• Detailed images of Pluto

• the first exoplanet