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Electric Motors

Electric Motors

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10th Grade

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Electric Motors

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History of Electricity and Magnetism

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A Review

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Simple Electric Motor

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Objective: Explain how an electric motor (actuator) works.

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an electric coil that is wrapped around a ferromagnetic substance (such as iron) that acts as an electromagnet when the current is passed through

Solenoid

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a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current

Electromagnet

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Which of the following best describes a simple electric motor?

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It converts electric energy into chemical energy and heat.

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It converts mechanical energy into electric energy and heat.

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It converts electric energy into mechanical energy and heat.

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It converts mechanical energy into chemical energy and heat.

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a device that uses an electric current to turn an axle

Electric Motor

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An electric motor transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy that is used to do work

Electric Motor

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Examples of electric motors occur in many household items such as washing machines and blenders

Electric Motor

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History of Electric Motor

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Who is this Scottish Benedictine monk and scientist that made the early incarnations of the electric motor first appeared in the 1740s?

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Michael Faraday

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Andrew Gordon

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William Sturgeon

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Thomas Davenport

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Nikola Tesla

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Multiple Choice

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Who is this Vermont blacksmith who constructed the first American DC electric motor in 1834?

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Michael Faraday

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Andrew Gordon

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William Sturgeon

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Thomas Davenport

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Nikola Tesla

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Multiple Choice

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Who is this an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical British electric motor in 1886?

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Michael Faraday

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Andrew Gordon

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William Sturgeon

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Thomas Davenport

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Nikola Tesla

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Multiple Choice

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Who is this a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist that invented an AC induction motor in 1887 that he successfully patented a year later?

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Michael Faraday

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Andrew Gordon

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William Sturgeon

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Thomas Davenport

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Nikola Tesla

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