RED SHIFT

RED SHIFT

8th - 10th Grade

11 Qs

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RED SHIFT

RED SHIFT

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th - 10th Grade

Easy

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

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Zachary Trunkely

Used 55+ times

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which is NOT a type of galaxy?
Elliptical
Spiral
Oblong
Irregular

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Where is our Solar System located in the Milky Way galaxy?
Near the center
Near the outside on one of the arms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
In ____shift, the galaxies appear _____ in color b/c they are moving away from us.
blue; red
red; red
red; blue
blue; blue

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
What does the Red-shift tell us about the universe
the universe is expanding
the universe is contracting
the big bang is false
nothing

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Galaxies that are redshifted are:
actually blue.
really far away.
invisible.
moving away from us.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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