Using Electricity

What are electrical appliances?

• A broom and a dustpan.

• Any household object that works thanks to electricity.

• A hair dryer.

• Any household object that does work.

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How do electrical appliances work?

• They convert different form of energy into electrical energy.

• You switch them on.

• They convert electrical energy into a different form of electrical energy.

• They convert electrical energy into other forms of energy.

Choose types of different energy electrical energy can be converted to.

• Thermal

• Sound

• Electrical

• Mechanical

Where do appliances get their electric energy from?

• Sockets

• Batteries

• They make their own.

• From a lightning.

Which appliance makes this work easier?

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What is an electric motor?

• A device that converts electric energy into kinetic energy.

• A device that converts electric energy into light energy.

• A device that coverts kinetic energy into electric energy.

• A device that converts light energy into electric energy.

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What is a magnet?

• It's an object that attracts paper.

• It's a form of electric energy.

• It's a type of glue.

• It's an object that attracts some types of metal.

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Electricity and magnetism are related.

• True

• False

• Scientists still have to find out.

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How can electricity be produced, if you have a magnet and a wire?

• You have to place a magnet near a wire.

• You have to place a magnet 10cm away from the magnet.

• You have to rub the wire onto the magnet.

• You have to place the wire on top of the magnet and keep it still.

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How can you transform a simple nail into a magnet?

• You coil a wire around it.

• You connect the nail to an electrical source by coiling a wire around it.

• You place it near a battery.

• You place it far away from a battery.

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