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100

EVs use this type of battery.

What are Lithium Ion batteries?

100

What is Ohm's law?

V=IR

100

This brand makes Electric cars. 

Tesla

100

This element is used in electric car batteries and in smartphone batteries. 

What is lithium?

100

True or False? EVs have no tailpipe emissions?

True

200

Electric motors convert electrical energy into this type of energy.

What is Mechanical energy?

200

In a circuit arranged in this way, the current is the same everywhere.

Series

200

What is the name of this car?

Honda CRV

200

Cells arranged in this way increase voltage

What is series?

200

Name three pros for electric cars.

  • No tailpipe emissions

  • More efficient

  • Quiet and quick

  • Cheaper to operate

  • Tax credit

  • Can be recharged at home

300

Tesla uses these three elements for their batteries.

What is Nickel, Cobalt, Aluminium?

300

What charge does an electron have?

Negative

300

How many years would it take to break even if you bought an electric car compared to a Honda CRV?

9 years 6 months

300

Name one reason why lead-acid batteries are poor for electric cars.

What is heavy, low-capacity, slow charge or slow lifespan?

300

Name three cons for electric cars.

  • More expensive

  • Less distance

  • Can take longer to “refuel”

  • Can be hard to find charging stations

  • Indirect pollution

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!

(Only the team that picked the category can answer it)

Each of the three main types of electric motors

What is BLDC motor, brushed DC motor, and AC induction motor?

400

The name of this Physicist came up with the the Junction Rule and the Loop Rule

Gustav Kirchhoff

400

How much tax credit does an electric car recieve?

3750$

400

The two main parts of a motor.

What is stator and rotor?

400

What is this an image of?

Tesla battery cell

500

Whose law does an AC induced motor rely on?

What is Faraday?
500

What is the mass of an electron in kg. 

9.11 x 10^-31 kg

500

What is the battery capacity for the Tesla Model 3? (standard)

50 kWh

500

The capacity of lead-acid batteries.

What is ~12 to 15 kWh?

500

How do EVs indirectly pollute the earth?

The process to produce the electricity to charge the cars uses fossil fuels and has carbon emissions.