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Generators

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He is the first person to create a generator in 1831 using electromagnetic induction.

a)

Hans Christian Oersted

b)

André-Marie Ampère

c)

Michael Faraday

d)

Hippolyte Pixii

2.

He built one of the first dynamos - the first practical electric generators - in 1832

a)

Hippolyte Pixii

b)

Charles Wheatstone

c)

Werner Von Siemens

d)

Samuel Alfred Varley

3.

He invented the Ferranti- Thompson Alternator in 1882 which is known today as ¡“Alternators” - alternating current generators.

a)

Michael Faraday

b)

André-Marie Ampère

c)

Hans Christian Oersted

d)

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

4.

How Do Generators Induce Electric Current?

a)

by putting some water into the conductor

b)

by moving a magnet into and out of a stationary coil of wire

c)

by letting the electron jump from atom to atom

d)

by using the conventional current

5.

By looking at the illustration what hand rule can we use for electric generators?

a)

The Left-hand rule

b)

The Right-hand rule

c)

Both hand rule

d)

No hand rule applied at all

6.

Current produced alternates back and forth also called alternators.

a)

DC Generator

b)

AC Generators

c)

Generators

d)

Motors

7.

A rotating loop inside the stationary magnet. This is an example of?

a)

DC generator

b)

AC generator

c)

electricity

d)

magnetism

8.

This type of current cannot travel for a very long distance for it loses electric power.

a)

alternating current

b)

conventional current

c)

direct current

d)

electric current

9.

The electrons in this current keep changing its direction - backward and forward.

a)

direct current

b)

conventional current

c)

alternating current

d)

electric current

10.

What best describes the picture?

a)

By moving the coil of wire near a stationary magnet

b)

By putting some water into the conductor

c)

By moving a magnet into and out of a stationary coil of wire

d)

by letting the electrons jump from atom to atom