Vocabulary - Electricity And Magnetism
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electromagnet a magnet made by
motor a device that uses magnets to
passing electric current through a coil of
convert electrical energy to the energy
wire wrapped around an iron core
of motion
Electromagnets are used in the
A motor uses an electromagnet
construction of electric motors, electric
and a permanent magnet to work.
generators, and devices such as doorbells
Electric current moving through the
and earphones.
motor creates an electromagnet that
interacts with a permanent magnet. This
generator a device that uses magnets
interaction causes the electromagnet to
to convert the energy of motion to
spin, producing motion.
electrical energy
A generator uses a magnet or an
electromagnet to work. The energy of
motion is used to turn a coil of wire
inside a magnet. The moving magnet
produces an electric current in the wire.
ELECTRICITY • SECTION 8 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
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