Phy Sci Ch 11 Test Review

One of the first people groups to use compasses were

• Italians

• Pheonecians

• Chinese

• Greeks

Which scientist studied magnetism scientifically for the first time, and not like a mystic/supernatural phenomenon

• William Gilbert

• Marie Curie

• Petrus de Maricourt

• Hans Christian Oersted

Which scientist discovered that at a certain high temperature for each element, a ferromagnet will dissolve the boundaries between domains and rearrange them, losing its magnetism

• William Gilbert

• Marie Curie

• Petrus de Maricourt

• Hans Christian Oersted

Which scientist used iron filings to discovered they gathered on opposite sides of a load-stone, thereby discovering the magnetic poles

• William Gilbert

• Marie Curie

• Petrus de Maricourt

• Hans Christian Oersted

Which scientists noticed that a charged wire he was using during a demonstration was affecting the direction of a compass needle, and later came up with the right hand rule

• William Gilbert

• Marie Curie

• Petrus de Maricourt

• Hans Christian Oersted

which part of a generator rotates?

• rotor

• stator

• coil

• magnet

which part of a generator stays still?

• rotor

• stator

• coil

• magnet

what is the prime mover in a hydroelectric dam

• pressurized steam turning a turbine

• strong wind turning a turbine

• the rotation of the earth

• rushing water turning a turbine

solenoids with ferromagnetic cores are called?

• paramagnets

• diamagnets

• superconducting magnets

• electromagnets

A generator that has the magnet on the rotor is what kind of generator

• DC generator

• AC generator

• Edison Generator

• Geothermal Generator