Electrical Motors

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Motor:

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

• Generator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor: converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

• Generator: converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

• Generator: converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

• Motor:

  converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

How many types of magnets are in this diagram?

• Two: an electromagnet and a permanent magnet

• Three: a lightbulb, a solenoid, and a permanent magnet

• One: a permanent magnet

• One: an electromagnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor:

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Motor:

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Motor or Generator?

• Motor: converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

• Generator: converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

• Motor:

  converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

• Generator:

  converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the primary function of an electrical motor?

• To convert electrical energy into mechanical energy

• To convert mechanical energy into electrical energy

• To store electrical energy

• To measure electrical energy