A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to an alien flying directly alongside the star?

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

• The star’s light would not appear to be different

• It depends on how fast the star is traveling

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A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to an alien in the Andromeda galaxy?

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

• The star’s light would not appear to be different

• It depends on how fast the star is traveling

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A distant star is between our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. It emits mostly yellow light as it approaches the Andromeda galaxy. How would the color appear to us in the milky way galaxy?

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color red

• The star’s light would be shifted closer to the color blue

• The star’s light would not appear to be different

• It depends on how fast the star is traveling

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What will the sun be in its final stage of the life cycle?

• Neutron Star

• Black Hole

• White Dwarf

• Red Giant

Earth revolves around a ___ in our solar system.

• The remains of a very large star, classified as a black hole

• A small star classified as an average star

• The remains of a small star, classified as a white dwarf

• A large star, classified as a red supergiant

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A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is traveling towards a stationary observer, Which frequency would the driver of the firetruck hear?

• 6,000 Hz

• 7,000 Hz

• 8,000 Hz

• 0 Hz

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A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is traveling towards a stationary observer, Which frequency would the observer hear?

• 6,000 Hz

• 7,000 Hz

• 8,000 Hz

• 0 Hz

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A fire truck with it's siren blaring at 7,000 Hz is passing a stationary observer, Which frequency would the observer hear?

• 6,000 Hz

• 7,000 Hz

• 8,000 Hz

• 0 Hz

How old is our solar system?

• 13.7 Billion years

• 4.6 Billion years

• 18 Trillion years

• 10,000 years

According to the Doppler effect, the color of any object moving away from you will shift towards _____, while the color of any object moving closer while shift towards ______.

• blue, red

• red, blue

• white, black

• black, white