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Energy Vocabulary
elictricity and magnetism vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| magnetism | Force of attraction or repulsion of magnetic matrials |
| magnetic field | surrounds a magnet that applies a force without actually touching an object. |
| electric current | a coil of wire spinning around a magnet can form this |
| magnet | an electric current flowing thourgh a wire around an iron core produces this |
| electromagnet | this can be made whe n a wire in a electriic cicuit is wrapped around an iron core making a magnetic field |
| motor | this change electrical energy into mechanical |
| generator | his change mechanical energy into eleelecal energy |
| turbine | huge wheels in a generator pushed by water,wind or steam |
| repel | like poles in a magnet do this |
| attract | unlike poles of a magnet do this |