Motors & the Motor Effect

“If your child looked inside an electric motor or the back of a loudspeaker, could they explain why the coil of wire moves — and what would happen to the movement if you reversed the direction of the current?”

0 / 3 mastered

• ⬜Explains that a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field experiences a force (the motor effect)
• ⬜Predicts how reversing the current or reversing the magnetic field affects the direction of the force
• ⬜Describes how the motor effect is applied in an electric motor and in a loudspeaker