AC Generator

Generators get their mechanical power from 

• Batteries
• Prime mover 
• Transistor
• Capacitors

The process of generating the current in a conductor is called as 

• Electro motive force 
• Electromagnetic induction 
• generator energy conversion 
• induced voltage

AC generators have 

• 2 slip rings 
• 1 slip ring 
• 3 slip rings 
• 4 slip rings

The voltage induced in a conductor is ___________ ___________ to the rate which the conductor cuts the magnetic lines of force.

• inversely proportional

• directly proportional

• negatively coorelated

• absolutely opposite

In order for electromagnetic induction to occur, you need...

• a conductor

• a magnetic field

• relative motion

• all three

In an AC generator, the wire loop which is mounted so that it rotates within a magnetic field is called the....

• coil

• armature

• slip rings

• brushes

In an AC generator, the contacts are made from a soft but highly conductive material, usually carbon, and are called...

• coils

• armatures

• slip rings

• brushes

What is this?

• sawtooth wave

• square wave

• sine wave

• triangular wave

AC generators convert ___________ energy to ____________energy.

• pressure/force

• mechanical/electrical

• chemical/electrical

• kinetic/relative

What is the name of the effect caused by the wire when it is moved across a magnetic field?

• Induced magnetism

• Electromagnetic induction

• Electromagnetism

• Turning effect of coil