Chap 21 Magnetism

A device that increases or decreases voltage

• Transformer

• Generator

• Motor

• Electromagnet

A Magnet created by wrapping a current carrying wire around an iron core

• Motor

• Generator

• Electromagnet

• Battery

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

A groups of atoms with aligned magnetic poles

• Electromagnet

• magnetic field

• magnetic domain

• direct current

Region of space affected by Earth's magnetic field.

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetosphere

• Magnetic Domain

• Transformer

A device that transforms electrical energy into kinetic energy

• transformer

• generator

• electromagnet

• motor

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

A device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.

• transformer

• motor

• generator

• electromagnet

An electric current that flows in one direction steadily

• alternating current

• magnetic field

• electromagnet

• direct current

The area of magnetic force around a magnet

• Magnetic Field

• Magnetic Domain

• Magnetosphere

• Aurora

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A flow of electric charge that regularly reverses its direction and changes direction constantly

• Direct Current

• Transformer

• Alternating Current

• Parellel Current

A light display that occurs when charged particles trapped in the magnetosphere collide with Earth's atmosphere above the poles

• Meteor Shower

• Aurora

• Magnetosphere

• Shooting Stars