Doppler effect

Doppler effect

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Physics

KG - University

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NGSS
HS-PS4-1, HS-ESS1-2, HS-PS4-3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 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 QUESTION

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.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the red 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.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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)

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a car is coming toward you, the honk gets _________

higher

lower

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When someone is playing music by the road and you drive pass him, the music will _______
become higher and then lower
become lower and then higher
become lower
become higher

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We set the fireworks shooting to the sky, the sound it makes will _____________ 
become lower and softer
become lower and louder
become higher and softer
become higher and louder

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a pitch-black night, you hear a police siren is getting higher and higher, could you tell if the car is coming toward you or driving away from you?
coming toward you
away from you
going circles around you
parking still

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

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