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Physics 2 12
General Physics 2 – Grade 12
Quarter 4 – Module 2: Lenz’s Law
First Edition, 2020

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 General
Physics 2 12

Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 2
Lenz’s Law
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the General Physics 2 Grade 12 Self-Learning Module on Lenz’s
Law!
This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and
reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the
learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:
Welcome to the General Physics 1 Self-Learning Module on Lenz’s Law!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

The module is about the application of Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. calculate the induced emf (electromotive force) in a closed-loop due to time-
varying magnetic flux using Faraday’s Law;
2. describe the direction of the induced electric field, magnetic field, and
current on a conducting/non-conducting loop using Lenz’s Law.; and
3. recognize some applications of Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law.

PRETEST

Choose the letter of the BEST correct answer. Write the chosen letter in your
notebook.
1. Lenz devised a rule to find out the direction of which quantity?
A. current induced in a circuit
B. electromagnetic difference
C. potential difference
D. flow of power
2. What is the direction of an induced current?
A. opposes the cause
B. remains the same as the cause
C. equal to the cause that produces it
D. directs the cause
3. A magnet is dropped into a long copper tube with its North pole facing
downwards. As the North pole approaches the top end of the tube, which
way will the current flow when viewed from above the top of the tube?
A. The current will flow counterclockwise, creating a magnetic field
pointing upwards, opposing the North pole moving downwards.
B. The current will flow clockwise, creating a magnetic field pointing
upwards, opposing the North pole moving downwards
C. The current will flow counterclockwise, creating a magnetic field
pointing downwards, opposing the North pole moving downwards.
D. The current will flow clockwise, creating a magnetic field pointing
downwards, opposing the North pole falling down.
 4. A strong permanent magnet is plunged into a coil and left in the coil. What
is the effect produced on the coil after a short time?
A. The coil winding becomes hot
B. The insulation of the coil burns out
C. A high voltage is induced
D. There is no effect
5. In the figure, the conducting rectangular loop
falls through the magnetic field shown. What is
the direction of the conventional current induced
in the loop as it leaves the field?
A. clockwise
B. counterclockwise
C. left to right
D. right to left

RECAP

Given the statements about electromagnetic induction, write the word TRUE
if the statement is correct and write the word FALSE if the statement is incorrect:
1. ___________ The amount of voltage induced depends on how quickly the
magnetic field lines are traversed by the wire.
2. ___________ Increasing the number of loops of wire that move in a magnetic
field increases the induced voltage and the current in the wire.
3. ___________ Pushing a magnet into twice as many loops will induce twice
as much as voltage.
4. ___________ In electromagnetic induction, no battery or voltage source is
needed to produce current, only the motion of the magnet in a coil or wire
loop.
5. ___________ Work is done because the induced current in the loop creates
a magnetic field that repels the approaching magnet.

LESSON

In the previous module, Faraday’s experiments showed that the emf induced
by a change in magnetic flux depends on only a few factors. First, emf is directly
proportional to the change in flux ΔΦ. Second, emf is greatest when the change in
time Δt is smallest, that is, emf is inversely proportional to Δt. Finally, if a coil has N
turns, an emf will be produced that is N times greater than for a single-coil so that
emf is directly proportional to N. The equation for the emf induced by a change in
magnetic flux is known as Faraday’s Law.
∆𝝓𝒎
𝒆𝒎𝒇 = − 𝑵
∆𝒕
LENZ’S LAW:
Faraday’s law indicates that the induced
emf and the change in flux have opposite
algebraic signs. This has a physical interpretation
that has come to be known as Lenz’s Law.
Developed by Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz, in
2834, a Russian physicist of Baltic German
family.
The minus in the equation of Faraday’s law
means that the emf creates a current I and
magnetic field B that oppose the change in flux
ΔΦ, this is known as Lenz’s law.
Lenz’s Law states that the induced current
in a loop is in the direction that creates a magnetic
field that opposes the change in magnetic flux
through the area enclosed by the loop.
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LENZ’S LAW EXPLAINED:

Case 1: When a magnet is moving

towards the coil.
When the north pole of the magnet
is approaching towards the coil, the
magnetic flux linking to the coil
increases. According to Faraday’s law of
electromagnetic induction, when there is
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current is induced in the coil and this electromagnetic-induction/
current will create its magnetic field.
Now according to Lenz’s law, this magnetic field created will oppose its own or
opposes the increase in flux through the coil and this is possible only if the
approaching coil side attains north polarity, as we know similar poles repel each
other. Once we know the magnetic polarity of the coil side, we can easily determine
the direction of the induced current by applying the right-hand rule. In this case, the
current flows in the counterclockwise direction.

Case 2: When a magnet is moving away

from the coil.
When the north pole of the magnet
is moving away from the coil, the
magnetic flux linking to the coil
decreases. According to Faraday’s law of
electromagnetic induction, an EMF and Copyright © : https://www.electrical4u.com/lenz-law-of-
hence current is induced in the coil and electromagnetic-induction/
this current will create its magnetic field.
Now according to Lenz’s law, this magnetic field created will oppose its own or
opposes the decrease in flux through the coil and this is possible only if the
approaching coil side attains south polarity, as we know dissimilar poles attract
each other. Following the right-hand rule, the current flows in a clockwise direction.
 Note that for finding the
directions of magnetic field or
current, use the right-hand
thumb rule i.e if the fingers of the
right hand are placed around the
wire so that the thumb points in
the direction of current flow, then
the curling of fingers will show the
direction of the magnetic field
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electromagnetic-induction/

ACTIVITIES
Activity 1 – Lenz’s Law
Determine the direction of the current induced in the coil for each situation:
Observation/s Direction of the Induced Current
 Rotating the coil about the vertical
diameter by pulling the left side toward
the reader and pushing the right side
away from the reader in a magnetic field
that points from right to left in the plane
of the page.

Activity 2 – Practice Problems

Apply Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law in solving word problem/s.
1. Calculate the magnitude of the induced emf when the magnet in Figure 1(a)
is thrust into the coil, given the following information: the single loop coil has
a radius of 6.00 cm and the average value of B cos θ (this is given since the
bar magnet’s field is complex) increases from 0.0500 T to 0.250 T in 0.100 s.
 WRAP-UP

Complete the table about what you have learned about this module:

VALUING/APPLICATION

Magnetic Levitation
(Maglev) Trains:
Induced surface
(“eddy”) currents produce
field in the opposite
direction
 Repels magnet
 Levitates train
Maglev trains today
can travel up to 310 mph.
Twice the speed of Amtrak’s
fastest conventional train!
Give other
applications of Lenz’s Law
in different fields.
 POSTTEST
Choose the letter of the BEST correct answer. Write the chosen letter in your
notebook.
1. A loop of conducting wire with length L and width W is entering a
magnetic field B at velocity v. What direction will the induced current
travel in?
A. clockwise
B. counterclockwise
C. up
D. down
2. What is the direction of the magnetic force on the loop as it enters
magnetic field B?
A. up
B. down
C. right
D. left
3. What is the direction of the magnetic force on the loop as it leaves magnetic
field B?
A. up
B. down
C. right
D. left
4. Why do you need to swipe your credit card in the credit card reader for it
to accept your charge?
A. The magnetic field in the reader only works when the credit card is
moving
B. The current in the reader flows when the credit card strip is
stationary
C. The magnetic field in the credit card strip needs to move to induce a
current in the reader
D. The magnetic field in the credit card strip only exists when it is
moving
5. Which of the following laws is used to find the direction of the induced
current in a loop of wire placed in a changing magnetic field?
A. Len’s Law
B. Faraday’s Law
C. Ampere’s Law
D. Gauss’s Law
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. A 4. C 3. D 1. B 2. D
Posttest:
1. emf = - 22.6 mV
Activity 2:
5. counterclockwise
4. clockwise
3. counterclockwise
2. no current
1. counterclockwise
Activity 1:
5. True
4. True
3. True
2. True
1. True
Recap:
5. A 4. D 3. A 1. A 2. A
Pretest:

R E F E R E N CE S
Physics by Holts, Rineheart and Wisnton, Electromagnetic Induction, Chapter 20

Serway, Physics 5th Edition PDF

Presentation Express, Conceptual Physics, Electromagnetic Induction, Chapter 37.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/23-2-faradays-law-of-
induction-lenzs-law/

https://www.electrical4u.com/lenz-law-of-electromagnetic-induction/

https://mcqlearn.com/physics/g10/lenz-law-mcqs.php

https://apps-dso.sws.iastate.edu/si/documentdb/fall_2014/PHYS_222__16-
38__Al-Saqer_schieber_Lenz_Law_Practice.pdf