A changing magnetic field makes a current: generators and transformers
Grade 11 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
A line with 2 Ω of resistance carries 6000 W at 240 V. How much power is lost as heat in the line, Ari?
A line with 3 Ω of resistance carries 12000 W at 6000 V. How much power is lost as heat in the line, Bo?
A line with 0.5 Ω of resistance carries 5000 W at 250 V. How much power is lost as heat in the line, Esme?
Why is electrical energy sent along power lines at very high voltage, Jun?
- Higher voltage makes more energy
- Less current, less heat
- High voltage travels faster
What lowers the power-line voltage before it reaches homes, Kira?
- Step-up transformers
- Step-down transformers
- Longer, thinner wires along the way
The same power is sent at 25 times the voltage. How does the heating loss in the line change, Luz?
- It rises 25 times
- It drops to 1/625
- It drops to 1/25
Milo says a step-up transformer gives out more energy than it takes in. Agree or disagree?
- Disagree: it can't add energy
- Agree: more volts means more energy
- Agree: the extra turns make energy
Noah says stepping up voltage with a transformer also steps up the current. Agree or disagree?
- Agree: current and voltage rise together
- Disagree: the current steps down
- Agree: current follows the turns
Pia says a magnet resting inside a coil makes a steady current. Agree or disagree?
- Disagree: the field must change
- Agree: magnets push current along any wire
- Agree: the coil stores it
A magnet falls slowly through a copper tube. Why, Tala?
- Induced currents push back
- Copper is magnetic and grabs it
- Air in the tube holds it up