Magnetic Fields Vocabulary

A wire coil, sometimes wrapped around a metal core, that produces a magnetic field when electricity runs through the wire.

• Magnetic Field

• Electron

• Electromagnet

• Magnetic

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The space around a magnet in which magnetic forces can act on objects

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A line that connects opposite magnetic poles and represents the strength and direction of the magnetic field

the space around a magnet in which magnetic forces can act on objects

• magnetic field

• magnetic field line

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a line that connects opposite magnetic poles and represents the strength and direction of the magnetic field

• magnetic field

• magnetic field line

• magnetic pole

a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current

• attract

• convert

• electromagnet

A device that uses a magnetic field to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.

• Generator

• Motor

• Transformer

• Battery

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The region around a moving charge where its magnetic influence can be detected.

• Electric Field

• Magnetic Field

• Gravitational Field

• Nuclear Field

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A material that can be magnetized or attracted to a magnet.

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Ferromagnetic

• Semiconductor

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The unit of magnetic flux density in the International System of Units (SI).

• Tesla

• Gauss

• Weber

• Henry