Friday, October 30, 2009

What is a Generator?

Answer the following:
1. What is a generator? How would you describe its workings?

2. Describe the importance of this machine in the City of Ember.

12 comments:

Danielle Simonson said...

A generator is a machine that generates power for something such as a building or in this case the City of Ember. The generators importance in the City of Ember is so that the electricity in Ember does not run out.

laverne said...

a genarator is a machine that does not work from a plug or eletricity it works from water or gas. the
genarater in ember city is very important because if the genarator is not working than the city of ember would be dark and can not see in.

Terry said...

a generator is a machine used to change mechanicle energy into electrical energy.

Ebony Davis said...

A generator is a machine that generates power for a building, a store , a house, and in this case the City of Ember. The importance of the generator is so that the City of Ember has power.

Nolandria Brooker said...

An electric generator is a device or machine that is used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. It is based on the principle of electromagnetic induction, a scientific law that was discovered by British scientist Michael Faraday and American scientist Joseph Henry in 1831. The principle states that when an electric conductor, such as a copper wire, is moved through a magnetic field, electric current will flow through the conductor. The mechanical energy of the moving wire is converted into the electric energy. Faraday and Henry found that when you move a magnet in a coil of wire, electric current is generated.
The importance of the machine in The City of Ember is to control all of the electricity and the water buisness.

leroyH4 said...

A generator is a machine that turns mechanical energy to electrical energy.It uses a motor to force electrical particles toenergy.So in the city of ember they use it from water

alexis said...

a generator is a type thing that is driven by water turbine an also generate energy and electricty to what it is hooked up to or conected to.the emportance of the generator is to keep the town on track and to keep theyre town running.

Tamara Bryant said...

A generator is a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. The importance of the generator is that it helps the city keep light

jameshia said...

A is machine that is used tochange mechanical energy into electirc energy.

Mattie said...

It is a hydro-electric powered maction.A genarator that powers buildings such as lights and outher things.Such as the city of Ember there is a river witch powers it.The city of ember needs it to power their lights and every thing else.It is their SUN and their dark.

hakimah harris said...

An generator is a device or machine that is used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.IN the city of ember the generator is powered by the river which the generator is ured to pwer the city(it lights up the city.

keanna said...

A generator to me is a machine that works for generating power and also mechanical energy power through water and gas.This will neeed to used in the city of ember.