Magnetism Quiz

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  1. Moving electric charges will interact with...
  2. Your answer:
    both electric and magnetic fields
    none of these
    an electric field
    a magnetic field


  3. Magnetism is due to the motion of electrons as they....
  4. Your answer:
    none of these
    both around the nucleus and spin on their axes
    move around the nucleus
    spin on their axes


  5. The scientist who first discovered a link between electricity and magnetism was....
  6. Your answer:
    Michael Faraday
    Hans Oersted
    Albert Einstein
    William Gilbert


  7. Loops of wire in a motor rotate baecause a...
  8. Your answer:
    battery effectively pushes a loop around in the field
    magnet attracts stationary electrons in the wire
    current exerts a force on the loop, causing it to rotate
    magnetic field exerts forces on moving electrons in the loop


  9. The force on an electron moving in a magnetic field will be the largest when its direction....
  10. Your answer:
    is exactly opposite to the direction of the field direction
    is at an angle other than 90 degrees to the magnetic field direction
    is the same as the magnetic field direction
    is perpendicular to the magnetic field direction


  11. Which force field can increase a moving electron's speed?
  12. Your answer:
    electric field
    magnetic field
    both electric and magnetic fields
    none of them


  13. Which force field can accelerate an electron, but never change its speed?
  14. Your answer:
    both electric and magnetic fields
    none of them
    magnetic field
    electric field


  15. Alternating current is made by...
  16. Your answer:
    huge chaemical batteries
    none of these
    alternating current and voltage
    alternating the direction of voltage of the power source


  17. The frequency of AC current in North America is.....
  18. Your answer:
    60 Hz
    50 Hz
    120 V
    30 V


  19. The person credited with discovering that electricity can be produced from magnetism was
  20. Your answer:
    Hans Oersted
    Albert Einstein
    Michael Faraday
    William Gilbert


  21. The creation of an electric current by a changing magnetic field is known as ...
  22. Your answer:
    transformation
    electromagnetic induction
    stepping-up
    generation


  23. A magnet is moved in and out of a coil of wire connected to a high-resistance voltmeter. If the number of coils doubles, the induced voltage....
  24. Your answer:
    halves
    is the same
    quadruples
    doubles


  25. A magnet is moved in and out of a coil of wire connected to several lamps. If the number of coils is doubled...
  26. Your answer:
    it is easier to move the magnet
    there is no difference in moving the magnet
    it is harder to move the magnet
    no answer


  27. A device that uses electromagnetic induction is a
  28. Your answer:
    generator
    turbine
    doorbell
    motor


  29. The magnetic field strength inside a current-carrying coil will be greater if the coil encloses a....
  30. Your answer:
    glass rod
    iron rod
    wooden rod
    vacuum


  31. The principle reason voltage is induced in the loops of a generator coil is that the...
  32. Your answer:
    magnet's strength is changing
    loops are rotating, changing the amount of magnetic field within the loops
    size of the loops are changing
    magnet is rotating


  33. If the primary coil of a transformer were connected to a DC power supply, the transformer would operate.....
  34. Your answer:
    the same as always
    only while being connected and disconnected
    only if the output is also DC voltage
    at very low efficiency


  35. A transformer works because....
  36. Your answer:
    electricity flows from the primary coil to the secondary coil
    a changing magnetic field is transferred to a coil via an iron coil
    electricity is trnasfered to the a coil via an iron coil
    electricity is induced in a rotating coil


  37. A transformer transforms...
  38. Your answer:
    generators into motors
    voltage
    non-safe forms of energy into safe forms
    magnetic field lines


  39. A step-up transformer increases...
  40. Your answer:
    energy
    none of these
    power
    power and energy


  41. If a transformer increases AC voltage, it will also increase...
  42. Your answer:
    none of these
    power
    current
    magnetic field strength


  43. Almost all energy sold today is of the AC type because....
  44. Your answer:
    DC voltages don't last
    AC voltage is easy to step up and step down
    AC energy was established first
    DC energy wastes electricity


  45. If the number of turns on the secondary coil in a transformer is three times that of the primary coil the current generated in the secondary is.....
  46. Your answer:
    three times
    one ninth
    nine times
    one third


  47. A student notices that a large cylindrical transformer on top of a telephone pole. This transformer takes 6000 V from the power company and steps it down to the 240 V supplied to each house on the street, with the use of a secondary coil containing 100 turns. How many turns are there on the primary coil?
  48. Your answer:
    25
    60
    2500
    14,400


  49. A step-up transformer has a ratio of 1:10. If 100W of power goes into the primary coil, the power coming from the secondary coil is approximately..
  50. Your answer:
    100 W
    1 W
    1000 W
    10 W


  51. Four amps of current exist in the primary coil of the transformer. The voltage across the primary coil is 110 V. What is the approximate power output of the secondary coil?
  52. Your answer:
    27.5 W
    110 W
    880 W
    440 W


    current carrying wire in a magnetic field

  53. Describe the direction of the current flow in the wire that “causes” the wire to experience a magnetic force directed up the plane of the page. (see diagram above)
  54. Your answer:
    no answer
    no answer
    The current is moving to the right
    The current is moving to the left


    wire near coil

  55. Describe the direction of the current flow in the coil that will create a magnetic force acting on the wire pushing it out of the plane of the page? (see daigram above)
  56. Your answer:
    no answer
    top of coil is O’s (out) and bottom X’s (in)
    top of coil is X’s (in) and bottom O’s (out)
    no answer


    wire in magnetic field

  57. Describe the direction of magnetic force acting on the wire due to the result of the magnetic field (coming out of the page) as shown in the sketch above
  58. Your answer:
    into the page
    right
    left
    out of the page


    two current carrying wires close together

  59. Describe the direction of the magnetic force on wire A as a result of the current flow in wire B?
  60. Your answer:
    right
    left
    down
    up



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