Electricity and Magnetism Vocab

A device that increases or deceases voltage, which often consists of two separate coils of insulated wire wrapped around an iron core.

• transformer

• galvanometer

• generator

• solenoid

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A device that transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy

• generator

• transformer

• magnet

• electron

The process of generating an electric current from the motion of a conductor through a magnetic field

• electromagnetic induction

• static electricity

• electromagnetism

• transformer

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A device that transforms electrical energy to mechanical energy

• electric motor

• transformer

• electromagnet

• generator

A device that uses an electromagnet to detect small amounts of current

• galvanometer

• solenoid

• generator

• transfomer

A magnet created by wrapping a coil of wire with a current running through it around a core of material that is easily magnetized

• electromagnet

• galvanometer

• generator

• transformer

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A coil of wire with a current

• solenoid

• generator

• galvanometer

• electric motor

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The relationship between electricity and magnetism

• electromagnetism

• static electricity

• animal magnetism

• transformer

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The region around a magnet where the magnetic force is exerted

• magnetic field

• electric field

• magnetic pole

• electric force

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The ends of a magnetic object, where the magnetic force is the strongest

• magnetic pole

• magnetism

• electromagnetism

• generator

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