Electromagnetic Force: Inv 3 & 4- Vocabulary

A silicon structure that converts sunlight into electrical energy and is used as a power source

• brush

• solar cell

• rotate

• motor

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a switching mechanism on a motor or generator

• commutator

• a device that produces electricity from motion

• to turn or spin

• a part of a motor that rotates when energy is transferred to it

a device that produces motion from electricity

• conductor that makes contact inside a motor or a generator

• to turn or spin

• motor

• generator

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

a conductor that makes contact inside a motor or a generator

• rotate

• shaft

• renewable

• brush

the remains of organisms that lived long ago preserved as oil, coal, or natural gas

• fossil fuel

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• solar cell

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able to be replaced or restored by nature

• nonrenewable

• roate

• renewable

• generator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a device that produces electricity from motion

• shaft

• generator

• motor

• commutator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a material that cannot be replaced once used up

• renewable

• solar cell

• fossil fuel

• nonrenewable

to turn or spin

• shaft

• motor

• rotate

• brush

the part of a motor that rotates when energy is transferred to it

• brush

• commutator

• shaft

• generator