Simple Motors

What is the transfer of electricity in a motor?

• chemical to mechanical 
• electrical to mechanical
• mechanical to electrical 
• physical to potential 

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What can you use to make an electromagnet?

• Battery, nail and string 
• Battery, pencil and wire
• Wire, battery and iron ore (nail)
• Peanut butter, lampshade, hand sanitizer

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Which device uses mechanical energy to produce electrical energy?

• Electric Motor
• Magnet
• Generator
• Solar Cell

Electric fields are often associated with what other kind of field? 

• Magnetic Fields 
• Nuclear Fields 
• Particle Fields 
• Corn Fields 

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What device is made of coils of wire with an electrical current passing through it in order to generate a magnetic field?  

• Electromagnet 
• Generator
• Electron Magnet 
• Motor

What two forces are required for generators and electric motors to work? 

• magnetism and thermal 
• electricity and thermal 
• electricity and magnetism 
• magnetism and radiant 

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What happens to the strength of an electromagnet as you add more coils around it?

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
• Stops completely

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What is the device seen here?

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet
• magnet

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While electric current is flowing through a wire, what surrounds the wire?

• a magnetic field
• a glowing light
• neutrons
• protons

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Electricity is the flow of _________.

• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons

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