The other material would be needed for a student to construct a basic electric motor is a magnet.
Answer: Option A
Step-by-step explanation:
For constructing fundamental electric motors coils of wire, the battery, few paper clips, a thermometer, and a magnet are mandatory. The principle on which it works is when in magnetic field rectangular coil placed and current passes than force will act on it and rotate it continuously to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Here magnet is compulsory to generate motion when two bar magnets placed against the north and south pole of each other than attractive force but if placed in a similar direction than repulsive force occur. Therefore, these attractive and opposing forces generate rotational motion.