The Motor Effect (AQA GCSE Physics): Quizzes
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What is the motor effect?
What is the motor effect?
Force on current-carrying wire in field
What does a current-carrying wire produce?
What does a current-carrying wire produce?
Its own magnetic field
What happens when a wire is placed between two permanent magnets?
What happens when a wire is placed between two permanent magnets?
The two magnetic fields interact
What direction is the force on the wire relative to the current and field?
What direction is the force on the wire relative to the current and field?
At right angles to both
At what angle must the wire be to the field to experience full force?
At what angle must the wire be to the field to experience full force?
(right angle)
What force does a wire experience if it is at a different angle to the field?
What force does a wire experience if it is at a different angle to the field?
Less force than at
What force does the wire experience if it is parallel to the magnetic field?
What force does the wire experience if it is parallel to the magnetic field?
No force
What information is needed to find the direction of the force?
What information is needed to find the direction of the force?
Direction of field and current
What does the force on a wire in a magnetic field do?
What does the force on a wire in a magnetic field do?
Pushes it out of the field
A wire at to the field experiences what compared to at ?
A wire at to the field experiences what compared to at ?
Less force