HST and JWST Reviewer _ 4-22-24

Which of the following shows the Hubble Space Telescope?

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Which of the photos below is the James Webb Space Telescope?

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Where did Edwin Hubble work as an astronomer?

• Griffith Observatory

• Mount Wilson Observatory

• Maunakea Observatories

• Kitt Peak National Observatory

When was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit?

• April 24, 1990

• December 25, 2021

• December 24, 1990

• April 25, 2021

Which of these shows the function of the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield?

• focus light from distant stars

• protect its instruments and mirrors from the sun

• see through dust in the universe

• reflect infrared light

He showed that the galaxy containing our solar system – the Milky Way – was only one of the many galaxies.

• James Webb

• Edwin Hubble

Which of these detected the black holes which absorb in everything around them including light?

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Kepler Telescope

• NASA's New Horizons

Which of the two space telescopes can see through dust clouds?

• Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

• James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Space telescopes “see” by using ______ to collect and focus light from distant stars.

• mirrors

• solar panels

• antennas

• sunshields

The James Webb Space Telescope orbits the sun _______ away from the Earth.

• 332 miles

• 1.5 million miles

• 350 miles

• 1 million miles