Red Shift / Blue Shift

Red Shift / Blue Shift

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Veronica Tilton

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9th - 10th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What best describes the Doppler Effect?

An apparent change in frequency of a wave due to the relative motion between a wave source and an observer

When sound changes pitch

When light changes color

An apparent change in the amplitude of a wave due to the relative motion between a wave source and an observer.

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...

Moving towards the Earth

Moving away from the Earth

This is a trick question that cannot be answered

It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The vast majority of galaxies in our universe are moving away from us.  We know this because we observe __________ in the galaxies absorption spectra.

Redshift

Blueshift

Turbulance

Superposition

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Media Image

Use the image to identify the motion of the object relative to Earth.  Compare the absorption spectra of the star to what the star would look like if it were not moving at all relative to Earth.

It is not moving

It is moving away from Earth (Redshift)

It is moving towards Earth (Blueshift)

It is moving towards Earth (Redshift)

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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Are any of the galaxies moving towards Earth?  Explain.

A.  It is redshifted

B. It is redshifted.

C. It is blue shifted.

A. It is blueshifted.

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Media Image

Based on  Doppler effect, which of the galaxies is moving away from Earth?

A

C

A and B

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