Vocabulary - Making A Battery
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STUDENT RESOURCE PAGE 7.1
INFORMATION SHEET
battery a device that converts chemical
generator a device that converts the
energy into electrical energy
energy of motion into electrical energy
A D-cell battery has two different
A generator works by turning a
electrodes, a carbon rod and a zinc
wire coil in a magnetic fi eld. This causes
case. Battery acid is an electrolyte. The
current to fl ow through the wire.
electrodes form the terminals of the
microamp a unit used to measure very
battery. Electrons fl ow from the negative
small amounts of electric current
terminal (the zinc case) through the
There are one million microamps in
circuit and back to the positive terminal
1 amp of current.
(carbon rod) of the battery.
ELECTRICITY • SECTION 7 MAKING A BATTERY
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