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Doppler.mp4

Doppler Effect

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Two characteristics
of the train's sound
change.

Name them.

Loudness and

Frequency

(A.K.A. pitch)

Video Instruction

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Doppler Effect

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St. Mary's U.
Astronomy and Physics

A bicyclist with a siren audibly demonstrates the Doppler effect (turn your speakers up!)
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Doppler Effect

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D. Doppler Effect – variation in the observed frequency of a wave when there is relative motion between the source of the wave and the receiver

Doppler Effect V = 14 m/s
(B. Barrett)

Doppler Effect V = 18 m/s
(B. Barrett)

Stationary Ambulance? How can you tell?

Which way is this ambulance moving?

To the left

The Doppler Effect II
Colorado University

The Doppler Effect
Michael Fowler - Flashlets

"Which way is the

source of this wave

moving?"

"To the right, where

the frequency

is higher"

Doppler Effect - Mouse

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Radar Guns & Waves

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Review - The crack of a whip

Bullwhip_Cracking.mov

Did you know .....

The crack of a whip is the sound of the
tip breaking the speed of sound.

Interference