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Sara and Greg built an electromagnet in science class. They wrapped 50 turns of copper wire around an iron nail and hooked the e

nds of the wire to a 1.5 volt battery. They picked up 15 paper clips with their electromagnet, but they want to make it stronger. What should they do?
A) Decrease the battery size.
B) Use a nail with a galvanized coating.
C) Wrap more turns of wire around the nail.
D) Replace the iron nail with a piece of steel.

2 answers:

frez [133]3 years ago

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Answer:

C)

Explanation:

Iteru [2.4K]3 years ago

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Answer:Wrap more turns of wire around the nail.

Explanation:The power of an electromagnet is directly proportional to the amount of electricity passing through that electromagnet.

Now,if they increase the number of rounds of the copper coil,the electricity conducting surface amount will also increase.

And that's why the electricity passing through that electromagnet will increase along with the electromagnetic power of that electromagnet.

• Increasing the battery voltage :

If they increase the battery voltage,the electricity which is passing through that electromagnet will also increase in amount .

And as discussed previously,the increasing amount of electricity will also increase the electromagnetic abilities of the electromagnet.

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