Question: The motors shown at the right with the D-cell batteries will NOT run. Explain why.
Reference answer: The negative terminals of the D-cell batteries are facing each other, so there is no flow of electricity.

Student answer: The motors will not run because it goes from the positive side to the positive side it has to go from positive to negative to work.

Student answer: It will not work because the positive is going to the positive end, the positive need to run into the negative side for it to run.

Student answer: It is not put to series.

Student answer: Because it is hooked up negative to negative and positive to positive.

Student answer: It needs to be negative to positive.

Student answer: It will not work because it is negative to negative, it has to positive to negative.

Student answer: The batteries are negative to negative.

Student answer: It will not run because negative and negative and positive and positive are facing the same way.

Student answer: Because the wires in between the D-cells are connected to the same end.

Student answer: It is go out the wrong way.

Student answer: The 2 negative ends of the D-cells are facing each other and the electricity cannot get out.

Student answer: Both of the motors are hooked up to the positive wire, in order for it to work one has to be hooked to a positive and the other has to be hooked up to a negative.

Student answer: They will not run because the electricity is going in a circle. And the electricity would be run in and out.

Student answer: The motors at the right will not run because the electricity flows out of the negative side and they have the D-cells trying to make electricity flow out the positive side.

Student answer: One battery is the wrong way.

Student answer: It will not run because there is not enough D-cells to make both of them work.

Student answer: Because a negative and a negative will not work.

Student answer: The motor shall not run because electricity flows out of the negative side of the battery.

Student answer: The motors will not run because the D-cells has to be switched around.

Student answer: They will not run because the electricity gets stopped when it goes through the D-cells.

Student answer: The motors shown at the right will not run because 2 negatives are connected.

Student answer: The wires are not supposed to be connected like that.

Student answer: Because you need more wires.

Student answer: Because the motors do not have a minus side. They both have a positive side.

Student answer: The motor at the right will not run because each one does not have a positive and a negative.

Student answer: Because positive is facing it.

Student answer: Maybe the left wire went out of energy so maybe the right one went out of energy so both of them are out.

Student answer: If you look very closely the positive to positive and negative to negative. Positive and positive do not go together.

Student answer: It will not work because it is dead battery.

Student answer: Because one has the most power than the other one.

Student answer: Because one D-cell has to be between the motors.

Student answer: The motor will not run because it is in an open circuit.

Student answer: The wires are at the negative end of the battery or D-cell so the motor is not going to run because the wire is at the negative end.

Student answer: The D-cell is hooked up to the negative end and the other negative end and it cannot get any energy.

Student answer: The negative end is pointing at the negative end so no electricity can flow to the motors.

Student answer: The negative end are sharing so the D-cell is getting all the power.

Student answer: Because electricity does not flow from positive to positive they flow from negative to positive.

Student answer: The electricity is flowing from a positive to a positive end, when the negative should give the electricity to the motor and back to a positive end.