P3.3 Keeping things moving

Solutions to booklet  

The Motor Effect  pg 7 – 8 

Q1 magnetic field, permanent magnets, force, current, stronger, angle

Q2 a) The wire will move out of the paper (towards the reader).
b) By reversing the direction of the current OR by turning the magnets the other way round (reversing the magnetic field).

Q3 A current-carrying wire will not experience a force if it is parallel to the magnetic field of a permanent magnet.

Q4 The wire will move downwards, at right angles to the magnetic field.

The Simple Electric Motor pg 8-9

Q1 Using a commutator.

Q2 The split-ring commutator reverses the direction of the current every half turn by swapping the contacts to the DC supply.

Q3 By reversing the polarity of the magnets OR by reversing the direction of the current.

Q4 E.g., the axle of the electric motor could be used to turn a (large) pulley wheel, around which the lift cables could wind or unwind to raise or lower the lift.

Q5 current, magnetic, field, force, amplifier, move, frequency, sound.

Electromagnetic Induction  pg 12 -15

Q1 a) Move the (vertical) wire in and out of the magnetic field at an angle to the direction of the field (i.e. not parallel to the magnetic field).

b) The ammeter needle would move first in one direction, then back to zero and then in the opposite direction and back to zero again. It would continue like this as long as the wire was moving in and out of the magnetic field.

c) i) The ammeter would still move from one side to the other, but would start from the opposite side.
ii) The effect would be the same as in i) above.

Q2a) It reverses direction.
	
b) A current / potential difference (voltage) is created in the wire.

c) AC

Q3 a) By pulling the magnet out again OR by turning the magnet round and pushing it into the coil OR by pushing the magnet into the coil from the left-hand side OR by turning the magnet around and pulling it out of the left-hand side of the coil.
b) By pushing the magnet in and immediately pulling it out again.
c) By rapidly pushing the magnet in and out of the coil a number of times.
d) Kinetic energy from the moving magnet is transferred via its magnetic field into electrical energy in the wire, which is then carried to the oscilloscope.

Q4

DC motor	AC generator	
Commutator	Slip rings	
Kinetic energy produced	Kinetic energy consumed	

Q5As the bicycle goes slower it turns the dynamo more slowly and so a smaller voltage is produced. This reduces the current in the bulb and the light becomes dimmer.

Q6	Generator: Kinetic energy, Electrical energy
Electric Motor: Electrical energy, Kinetic energy
Q7The slip rings reverse the direction of the current supplied to an external circuit every half turn.

Q8a) Steam is made in power stations by burning fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas, or by using the heat generated by nuclear fuel.

b) There would be more peaks (because the coil is spinning faster), and there would be greater displacement from the rest position (due to a higher peak voltage).