Name
Date
STUDENT RESOURCE 6.2
Batteries and Motors
ACTIVITY SHEET
Connect the battery to the motor wires as shown. Place
the color wheel on the end of the motor shaft.
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Motor
Battery
1
What kind of energy does the battery have?
2
What kind of energy does the motor have when it
moves?
3
When the color wheel hits the desk, what kind of
energy is produced?
4
Draw an energy chain to show the energy changes
that take place when the motor turns the color
wheel and the color wheel hits the desk.
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battery
motor turning
color wheel
hitting desk
ENERGY AND MATTER • SECTION 6 ENERGY CHANGES