Generating Electric Current
Generators
Transformers
extra credit
Electrical Energy for your home
100
Electrical currents produce these
What is Magnetic Field?
100
What are the two types of generators
AC and DC
100
what are the two types of transformers?
Step-up and step-down
100
Who are the best teachers in the world
Annie and Rocco
100
how many main sources of energy are there
6
200
What can a Magnetic field be used for?
It produces an electric current
200
what does AC stand for?
Alternating Current
200
What does a step up transformer do?
it increases voltage and decreases current
200
name 2 of the electrical energy sources
any two will work
300
what is faraday's law?
electromagnetism predicting how a magnetic field will interact with an electric circuit to produce an electromotive force AKA electromagnetic induction
300
What does DC stand for?
Direct Current
300
What do step-down transformers do?
They decrease voltage and increases currents
300
What was the second fun fact question?(does not have to be word for word)
The largest generator(single) in the world is located in a power plant in china which can produce an outstanding 1750 megawatts of electricity, which is equal to 1,750,000,000 watts
300
fanlike blades that turn when pushed
a turbine
400
Define Electromagnetic inductiuon
the process of generating a current by moving an electrical conductor relative to a magnetic field.
400
What is an Ac Current?
it is an electric current which periodically reverses direction
400
What is a transformer?
a device that changes voltage and current by inducing a changing magnetic field in one coil. This then induceses an alternating current in a nearby coil with a different number of turns.
400
What is an alterator also known as?
Ac generator
400
what is mostly used for energy in the United States?
Coal
500
when did Micheal Faraday discover electromagnetic induction
1831
500
What is a DC current?
it is the unidirectional flow of electric charge
500
how can power lose be reduced?
by using lower current transmitted at a higher voltage
500
Which type of generator is mostly used in the U.S. power plants?
AC Generators
500
what can a turbine be pushed by?
Air, water, or steam