1. Are we at the end of the year yet?
Chapter 18 Vocab
Are we at the end of the year yet?

2. Magnet
Any material that attracts iron

3. Magnetic Pole
Two points with opposing magnetic qualities

4. Magnetic Force
Spinning electrons that that cause objects to attract or repel

5. solenoid
A wire coil with electricity running through it.

6. electromagnet
A coil with a soft iron core that acts like a magnet when current is run through it.

7. Electric motor
Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy

8. transformer
Increases or decreases the voltage in alternating current

9. induction
Creating a current in a circuit by changing the magnetic field

10. Electric generator
Converts mechanical energy to electricity

11. galvonometer
A device that measures current using an electromagnet

12. Oerstad
Said that electric current produces a magnetic field

13. Faraday
Learned an electric current could make a magnetic field

14. domain
Groups of atoms in areas that can line up in some metals

15. maglev
Trains that run with magnetic leviation

16. Ferromagnet
A magnet made with iron