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Why dont you notice the Doppler effect for a slow moving train?
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∙ 12y ago
The Doppler effect occurs whether the sound source or the listener is moving. You wont notice the Doppler effect on a slow moving train because the radio wave is reflected, its frequency changes depending on the speed of the object.
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Does the Doppler Effect mean that an observer ahead of a train hears the train at a higher frequency sound than an observer behind the train?
Yes that is the case.
Would you hear a change in pitch if you are on a moving train and the train whistle blows?
Since you are also on the moving train, the pitch should remain constant.
Why all papers attract to train when moving?
Because of Bernoulli's principle. A moving train makes the air close(r) to the train move faster. Faster moving air has less pressure. So a paper is sucked closer to the train because of the pressure differential.
Does a non moving train have potential energy?
Yes because it will be moving.
Why is the light reaching us from some celestial object shifted toward the red or blue end of the spectrum?
Due to something similar to the Doppler effect. A wave reaching us from an object travelling towards us will look shorter than the same wave from an object travelling away from us. In light shorter waves gets bluer end longer waves get redder.
How is the Doppler effect on light waves analogous to the apparent change in pich of a passing train whistle?
When the train gets close to you the sound wave are compressed making a higher pitch noise and as the train passes the sound waves become lengthened. That is the doppler effect in a nutshell. Now just compare it to how the doppler effect changes light waves.
What is the name of the distortion of sound eg when a train passes a car horn when moving?
Doppler
What happens to sound of a train whistle as a train approaches and passes you?
This is known as the Doppler effect. As the train approaches you, the wavelength of the sound waves it emits are compressed, and therefore the whistle sounds higher. When the train is moving away, the wavelengths are extended, causing the whistle to sound lower. If the train were not moving at all, the pitch you would hear from the whistle would be somewhere between the high and low pitches you hear when the train is moving.
What happens to the sound of a train whistle as a train approaches and passes you?
This is known as the Doppler effect. As the train approaches you, the wavelength of the sound waves it emits are compressed, and therefore the whistle sounds higher. When the train is moving away, the wavelengths are extended, causing the whistle to sound lower. If the train were not moving at all, the pitch you would hear from the whistle would be somewhere between the high and low pitches you hear when the train is moving.
Why the tree near the train are seen running faster then distanced tree?
Doppler effect
Why is the pitch of a train's whistle higher as the train approaches and loweras it moves away?
This is known as the Doppler effect. As the train approaches you, the wavelength of the sound waves it emits are compressed, and therefore the whistle sounds higher. When the train is moving away, the wavelengths are extended, causing the whistle to sound lower. If the train were not moving at all, the pitch you would hear from the whistle would be somewhere between the high and low pitches you hear when the train is moving.
Does the Doppler Effect mean that an observer ahead of a train hears the train at a higher frequency sound than an observer behind the train?
Yes that is the case.
How would the boy standing on hears the sound by a man in a moving train blows the train's horn. the train is moving away from a boy standing on the ground.?
The pitch (frequency) would be lower due to Doppler shift.
What are examples of everyday life of the Doppler effect?
when a car, train or bus passes you and the sound is loud, this is when the waves are compressed meaning the object is moving towards you(blueshift), whilst when it moves away the sound dies down and the wavelength length increases meaning the object is movign away (redshift) Some examples of Doppler effect are train whistles, police and fire sirens, race car engines etc.
What do you call an effect where in the pitch of the whistle rises as the train approaches the station and falls off as it moves away?
It is called the Doppler effect
Does the Doppler Effect explain why you hear a train whistle differently after it passes you than you do as it approaches you?
Yes (True)
Why do you hear a higher pitched sound when an ambulance is moving toward you and a lower sound when an ambulance is moving away from you than you would if you and the ambulance were both at rest?
That's called the "Doppler" effect, named for the scientist who explained it. You're standing still, but the train or ambulance is moving toward you. The horn or siren is going. The sound waves go out in every direction, at the speed of sound (about 750 miles per hour, depending on atmospheric pressure). As the train is moving TOWARD you, the sound waves that it generates are being pushed together, because the train is moving too. We hear the effect as if the frequency of the sound waves is pushed together, increasing the frequency. As the train passes by, we hear the "Doppler shift" to the lower frequency, because how the train is moving AWAY and the sound frequencies are stretched out. Now we hear the sound at a lower frequency. If we carefully analyze the Doppler shift, we can determine; 1. Exactly how fast the train was moving 2. How far away the train was when it passed by. Police use the same thing; you're driving along the highway, and a police officer points his radar gun at your car. The radar gun is precisely calibrated for frequency. The radar waves hit your car and bounce off, and the Doppler-shifted frequency can be used to calculate how fast you were going.
