Redshift

Redshift

8th - 10th Grade

14 Qs

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Physics

8th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

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

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 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.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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)

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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 relative to Earth
It is moving away from Earth (Redshift)
It is moving towards Earth (Blueshift)
It is moving towards Earth (Redshift)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An object that is moving VERY fast away from Earth would have ________ than an object that is moving very slow away from Earth.

More Redshift
More Blueshift
Less Redshift
Less Blueshift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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