Motors vs Generators

What type of energy comes OUT of a generator?

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Thermal

• Potential

In an electric motor, the energy transformation begins as  ----

• electrical and becomes chemical

• mechanical and becomes electrical

• electrical and becomes mechanical

• mechanical and becomes chemical

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In an electric generator, the energy transformation begins as ----

• electrical and becomes chemical

• mechanical and becomes electrical

• electrical and becomes mechanical

• mechanical and becomes chemical

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Which best describes how a motor works?

• When a fan blows on a wire, it causes it to spin, creating a force.

• When a fan blows on a wire, it causes it to spin, creating an electrical current.

• When a wire that carries electrical current is placed in zero gravity, the wire experiences a force.

• When a wire that carries electrical current is placed in a magnetic field, the wire experiences a force.

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Electric motors are devices that convert _____ energy into  _____ energy.

• electrical; mechanical

• mechanical; electrical

• chemical; potential

• mechanical; kinetic

Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

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Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Motor:

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

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Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

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Motor or Generator?

• Motor

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Generator

  Input: electrical

  Output: mechanical

• Motor

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

• Generator

  Input: mechanical

  Output: electrical

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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

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