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The man whom the Doppler Effect was named after.
Who is Christian Doppler?
100
λ- This symbol is used in the formula for doppler effect
What is lambda
100
Lengthened if the source is moving away from the observer
What is Red shift
100
One thing Doppler effect is used for
What is doppler radar.
200
What century did the creator live in?
What is the 19th century
200
340.29 m/s
What is the speed of sound?
200
Wavelengths are shortened when moving towards you.
What is blueshift
200
(Fill in the blank) The creator was ranked ______ in popularity in Austria.
What is number two
300
His arch-nemesis is ____
Who is Petzval
300
The pattern of disturbance caused but the movement of energy traveling through a medium as it moves away from the source of the sound.
What is sound wave.
300
A blue shift or red shift is also called this
What is Doppler shift ____
300
Christian had ____ kids.
What is 5
400
His outside job for eighteen months was ____
What is a cotton spinning factory.
400
The astronomers' original use of the Doppler effect
What is to calculate how fast stars and other objects move toward earth
400
A measure of the sirens frequency _____
What is pitch
400
The reason he wasn't popular among his students____
What is strict and harsh teaching.
500
The creator died of
What is tuberculosis.
500
Displacement in a given time.
What is velocity.
500
Occurs as the result of the piling up compressional wave fronts along the conical edge of the wave pattern.
What is a sonic boom
500
The reason Christian Doppler got kicked out of the family's stone business
What is lack of strength.