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If something that makes light is moving away from you, it spreads the wavelengths of light out. This application of the Doppler effect is known as ____
A
blue shift
B
green shift
C
red shift
D
black shift
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -But how do we know this? Redshift is an example of the Doppler Effect. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Red and blue shifts Observers looking at an object that is moving away from them see light that has a longer wavelength than it had when it was emitted (a redshift), while observers looking at an approaching source see light that is shifted to shorter wavelength (a blueshift).

Detailed explanation-3: -The first Doppler redshift was described by French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau in 1848, who pointed to the shift in spectral lines seen in stars as being due to the Doppler effect. The effect is sometimes called the “Doppler–Fizeau effect".

Detailed explanation-4: -redshift, displacement of the spectrum of an astronomical object toward longer (red) wavelengths. It is attributed to the Doppler effect, a change in wavelength that results when a given source of waves (e.g., light or radio waves) and an observer are in motion with respect to each other.

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