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OCR: DOPPLER EFFECT THE SOUND of the siren ona more quickly and the pitch rises. passing police car appears to the car moves away, the waves reach change 11 pitch. This known you more slowly and the pitch the Doppler ellect the car moves drops The siren is in Fact producing toward you, sound waves reach you the same frequency of sound |Long waves Short waves Sound waves As the car approaches, the sound waves are short and the sound high- pitched AS the car moves away the sound waves are longer and the sound lower pitched. souna move