Magnets and Electricity Vocabulary

Produces an electric current when a coil of wire wrapped around an iron core is rotated near a magnet.

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

Used at powerplants to produces elecrical energy for our homes.

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

Contains coils of wire that are stationary and rotating magnets that are moved by turbines.

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

Huge wheels that rotate when pushed by water, wind or steam.

• turbines
• leads
• magnets

Transforms mechanical energy to electrical energy. 

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

Changes electrical energy into mechanical energy

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

Contains an electromagnet that rotates between the poles of a magnet.

• generator
• electric motor
• electromagnet

The coil of the electromagnet must be connected to a __________ or another source of electricity.

• battery
• wire
• magnet

What is this device?

• electromagnet
• generator
• electric motor

The battery in this machine is our ____________ of electrical energy.

• conductor
• source
• resistor (device)