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What is magnetic poles
One of two points, such as the ends of a magnet, that have opposing magnetic qualities
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What is Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted
Discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism in 1820
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What is electromagnetic induction
The process of creating a current in a circuit by changing a magnetic field
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What is any material that attracts iron or materials containing iron
Definition of magnet
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What is the pole of a magnet that points to the north
Is called the magnet’s north pole
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What is magnetic force
What happens when you bring two magnets close together?
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What is electromagnet
A coil that has a soft iron core and that acts as a magnet when an electric current is in the coil
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What is mechanical energy into electrical energy.
What energy change happens in an electric generator?
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What is a coil of wire with an electric current in it
Definition of solenoid
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What is domains
But in materials such as iron, nickel, and cobalt, groups of atoms are in tiny areas called
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What is ferromagnets
Magnets made with of iron, nickel, cobalt, or mixtures of those metals.
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What is they can turn on and off
Why are electromagnets very useful?
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What is the sun, wind, nuclear power plants...
What are three sources of energy that are used to generate electrical energy?
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What is the interaction between electricity and magnetism
Definition of electromagnetism
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What is a magnet made by an electric current. An electromagnet usually has an iron core.
A electromagnet is...and usually has...
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What is a material is magnetic
If its domains line up.
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What is the needle is a small magnet. The needle moves because the electric current in a wire creates a magnetic field that exerts a force on the needle.
Why does a current-carrying wire cause a compass needle to move?
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What is whether it increases or decreases the voltage
The number of loops in the primary and secondary coils of a transformer determines
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What is a device that increases or decreases the voltage of alternating current
Definition of transformer
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What is as more loops per meter are used.
How can the strength of the magnetic field of a solenoid be increased?
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What is near Earth’s magnetic poles because Earth’s magnetic field bends inward at the poles.
Auroras are most commonly seen at...because...
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What is a doorbell, an electric motor, a galvanometer...
Devices that make use of electromagnetism
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What is What is Faraday hoped that the magnetic field of the electromagnet would make—or induce—an electric current in the second wire.
What was Faraday trying to do in his experiment?
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What is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
Definition of electric generator
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What is making an electric current by changing a magnetic field.
Electromagnetic induction is the process of...
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