Doppler Shift

Doppler Shift

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Doppler Shift

Doppler Shift

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

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

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When objects move away from an observer, how do we describe the shift in wavelength?

Red Shift

Blue Shift

Yellow Shift

Stick Shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When objects move toward the observer, how do we describe the shift in wavelength?

Red Shift

Blue Shift

Yellow Shift

Stick Shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The top spectra is the laboratory spectra and is not moving. What type of shift is shown with the bottom spectra and is the object moving towards or away from the observer?

Red Shift

Towards


Red Shift

Away

Blue Shift

Towards

Blue Shift

Away

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

4.

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

Running from Chuck Norris

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

6.

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 (top row) to what the star would look like if it were not moving at all relative to Earth (bottom row).


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-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why is the light from distant galaxies red-shifted?

They produce more red light than nearby galaxies

They are moving away from us

The longer wavelengths are filtered out more by dust

They are moving toward us

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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