Electricity and Magnetism Vocab

A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.

• Transformer

• Electric circuit

• Generator

• Magnetic field

Force of attraction or repulsion of magnetic materials

• Solar Cell

• Electric Current

• Switch

• Magnetism

To push apart (like poles of magnets do this)

• Turbines

• Repel

• Attract

• Conserved

Huge wheels that rotate when pushed by water, wind, or steam and are used to turn magnets in generators at power plants.

• Turbines

• Electromagnet

• Conductor

• Electric Motor

Part of electrical circuit that changes the electricity into something else (for example a light bulb changes electrical energy into light)

• Conserved

• Generator

• Conductor

• Transformer

Device that converts solar energy into electrical energy.

• Electric Motor

• Magnetism

• Solar Cell

• Closed circuit

Area around a magnet that applies a force without actually touching an object.

• Magnetic field

• Magnetism

• Electric current

• Electric Motor

To pull together (Opposite poles of magnets do this)

• Repel

• Attract

• Electromagnet

• Open Circuit

A material that carries electricity easily

• Conductor

• Open Circuit

• Switch

• Conserved

Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes forms.

• Electric Motor

• Electric Current

• Switch

• Law of Conservation of energy