Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Five Questions For How Motors Work

Hey, here's a couple of questions and some vids on HOW AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WORKS.

Videos

A pretty good video of an electric motor:http://www.expertvillage.com/video/165410_does-electric-motor-work.htm
A video on how TO BUILD an electric motor:http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=electric+motor+expirement&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f# (You have to copy and paste this URL for it to work. No direct link) :(

5 Questions

Where does the kinetic energy that moves an electric appliance come from?

Answer: Current-Carrying Wire

Any device that changes electric energy into kinetic energy is -

Answer: Motor

The ________________ is the reason a current-carrying wire can be pulled or pushed.

Answer: Magnetic Field

The magnetic field around current carrying wires will make it be _________________.

Answer: pushed or pulled

In what shape is the current carrying wire in and why is it in that shape?

Answer: A loop and that's because in that shape the wire can keep on spinning.

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