Science Unit 8 Magnetism

a temporary and artificial magnet that is created when a coil of wire with

electricity running through it is wrapped around a block of material

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Induction

the use of the movement of magnets around a coil of wire to generate an

electrical current

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Induction

a machine that generates electricity using the force from a magnetic field to

push electrons along a spinning coil of wire

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Power Plant

a place where the electricity that powers cities and towns is produced by

electric generators

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Power Plant

used in power plants to spin coiled wire between magnets to generate

electricity

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Induction

a machine that produces mechanical energy in the form of rotation by passing

electrical current through a coil of wire within a magnetic field

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Electric Motor

• Generator

• Induction

British physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction

• James Van Allen

• Michael Faraday

• Thomas Newcomen

• Gottlieb Daimler

used to turn large turbines in a fossil fuel, nuclear, geothermal, and solar

power plant

• falling water

• wind

• high-pressure steam

• electricity

used to turn large turbines in a hydroelectric power plant

• falling water

• wind

• high-pressure steam

• electricity

State the three basic parts of an electromagnet.