Astronomy Quiz

What is a red/blue shift?

• The shift of spectral lines to the right or left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion

• The shift of spectral lines to the right or left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed

• The shift of spectral lines to the right or left of the infared spectrum, indicating it's motion

• The shift of spectral lines to the right or left of the electromagnetic spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What is a red shift?

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed. It's moving towards the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the right of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed. It's moving away from the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion. It's moving towards the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's speed. It's moving away from the observer.

What is a blue shift?

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed. It's moving towards the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the right of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion and speed. It's moving away from the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's motion. It's moving away from the observer.

• The shift of spectral lines to the left of the visible spectrum, indicating it's speed. It's moving towards the observer.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What causes red and blue shifts?

• The Doppler Effect

• The Coriolis Effect

• Cosmic background radiation

• The element being fused in the star

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

What is the Doppler Effect?

• The scrunching and stretching of waves due to motion of an object

• The deflection of air to the right in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemisphere

• Red shift

• Blue shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

What evidence is there for the big bang?

• Cosmic background radiation and the Doppler effect

• Celestial bodies motion away from Earth

• The Oort Cloud

• Nebulae

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

How can you determine the elements that make up an object in space?

• Their spectral lines

• With a telescope

• Color

• Taking samples

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The color ___ has a longer wavelength

• Red

• Blue

The color ___ has a shorter wavelength

• Red

• Blue

Most galaxies are ___ shifted because they're ___

• Red, moving away

• Blue, moving closer

• Red, moving closer

• Blue, moving away

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2