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100

Daily Double-The largest known magnet to man.

What is the Earth?

100
How do magnetic poles interact?
Opposite poles have a force of attraction, whereas like poles repel each other.
100
The region of a magnet that exerts the STRONGEST force.
What are Magnetic Poles?
100
A transformer has 150 turns in its primary coil and 50 turns in its secondary coil. If the input voltage is 12V, what is the output voltage?
What is 4 V?
100

Daily Double-This device uses electromagnetic induction to transform MECHANICAL ENERGY into ELECTRIC ENERGY.

What is a generator?

200
Where is the magnetic forces of attraction the strongest?
The Magnetic Poles
200
This type of device increases or decrease the voltage of an alternating current.
What is a transformer?
200
The INTERACTION between electric charges and magnets.
What is ELECTROMAGNETISM?
200
Daily Double A transformer has 90 turns in the primary coil and 9 turns in the secondary coil. If the output voltage is 6V, what is the input voltage?
What is 60V?
200

A large wheel that turns when pushed by water, wind, or stream.  What are 2 potential problems with using wind turbines as a sources of energy for generators?

What is a turbine?  Need to have any area of sustained wind, possible noise from turbine blades, visual impacts on landscape, impact local wildlife (bird migrations), etc.

300
The means by which we measure voltage difference.
What is VOLTS?
300
Finish the following line. A magnet has a _______ and a ____________ pole.
What is north and south?
300
Daily Double The region or space that surrounds a magnet and exerts a force on other magnets and objects made of magnetic material.
What is a Magnetic Field?
300
You have a transformer with 50 turns in the primary coil. If you want to increase the voltage from 5V input to 6V output, how many turns should be in the secondary coil?
What is 60 Turns?
300
The attractive or repulsive FORCE between electric charges and magnets.
What is electromagnetic force?
400
T or F If i break a magnet into two pieces, one piece will have two north sides and the other piece will have two south sides.
What is False?
400
List 3 metals that typically form magnets. 1) 2) 3)
What is Iron, Cobalt, and Nickle. Remember the Earth's core is made up mainly of Iron and Nickle.
400
A device that uses an electromagnet to measure electric current. (EX. Your Gas Gauge)
What is a Galvanometer?
400
A transformer has 100 turns in the primary coil and 10 turns in the secondary coil. If the output voltage is 5V, what is the input voltage?
What is 50 V?
400
A device that changes ELECTRIC ENERGY into MECHANICAL ENERGY.
What is an Electric Motor?
500
Describe to me what happens to the magnetic force the farther you get away from the magnet.
The magnetic force weakens.
500
Describe the difference between Alternating Currents and Direct Currents.
Alternating currents work in a regular repeating pattern, whereas Direct Currents work in a single direction ( horizontally).
500
A single wire wrapped into a cylindrical wire coil.
What is a solenoid?
500
A transformer has 100 turns in the primary coil and 40 turns in the secondary coil. If the input voltage is 10V, what is the output voltage?
What is 4V?
500
A group of atoms with ALIGNED MAGNETIC POLES are called.
What is a Magnetic Domain?
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