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this is called Doppler effect and the velocities add, creating a higher sounding frequency.

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What are longitudinal waves and how do they relate to sound waves?

Longitudinal waves are waves in which the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth in the same direction as the wave is moving. Sound waves are a type of longitudinal wave, where the vibrations of air particles create the sensation of sound. Sound waves travel through a medium, such as air, by compressing and rarefying the particles in the same direction as the wave is moving.


How does moving your head let you tell where a sound is coming from?

Moving your head allows your ears to detect differences in sound arrival time and intensity. These differences help your brain localize the source of the sound by comparing the information received by both ears. By moving your head, you can triangulate the sound's direction based on these auditory cues.


What happens to sound waves when the source of a sound is moving toward you?

When the source of a sound is moving toward you, the sound waves emitted by the source are compressed, resulting in a higher frequency of the sound you hear. This phenomenon is known as the Doppler effect and is commonly experienced with sirens from emergency vehicles approaching you.


Do sound sound waves travel up or down and back or forth?

Back and forth in the direction of propagation of the sound waves.


What happens when the sound source is moving?

When a sound source is moving, it causes a shift in the frequency of the sound waves perceived by an observer. This shift is known as the Doppler effect. If the source is moving towards the observer, the frequency increases and the pitch sounds higher. If the source is moving away, the frequency decreases and the pitch sounds lower.

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What Happens to the sound waves from a moving source such as a car with its horn honking when the sound waves are moving in the same direction as the car?

The wavelength is compressed by the additional velocity of the car, so the frequency heard is higher than that generated in the horn. It's known as the Doppler Effect.


What happens to the sound waves from a moving source such as a car with a horn honking when the sound waves are moving in the same direction as the car?

The wavelength is compressed by the additional velocity of the car, so the frequency heard is higher than that generated in the horn. It's known as the Doppler Effect.


What happens to sound waves from a moving source such as a car with its horn honking when the sound waves are moving in the same direction as the car?

The wavelength is compressed by the additional velocity of the car, so the frequency heard is higher than that generated in the horn. It's known as the Doppler Effect.


What kind of sound does a geese make?

they make a honk honk type of noise skn they make a honk honk type of noise skn


What sound does goose makes?

Geese make a honking sound


How does budgerigars sound like?

it sounds like honking!!


What type of sound is honking and music?

they are exampels


What sound do geese make?

Geese "honk."


What brid makes Honk sound?

Geese are the birds that make the honking sound.


What kind of sound do emperor penguins make?

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What is a onamotapia?

a word to describe a sound 9like a honking horn )


What do you call the the noise from car horn?

Honk or honking sound.