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Complete the sentence:Objects are red-shifted when they are moving ____, causing the wavelengths of light to ____
A
towards us, decrease
B
away from us, increase
C
away from us, decrease
D
towards us, increase
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As an object moves away from us, the sound or light waves emitted by the object are stretched out, which makes them have a lower pitch and moves them towards the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum, where light has a longer wavelength. In the case of light waves, this is called redshift.

Detailed explanation-2: -The wavelength of light emitted by a moving object is shifted. This effect is called the doppler shift. If the object is coming toward you, the light is shifted toward shorter wavelengths, blue shifted . If the object is going away from you, the light is shifted toward longer wavelengths, red shifted .

Detailed explanation-3: -As objects move away from us, their light gets shifted into longer wavelengths or the red end of the spectrum-that’s redshift. Blueshift is the opposite, when light is shifted to shorter wavelengths on the blue side of the spectrum as an object comes towards us.

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