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| a force that can either attract or repel objects |
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| the area around a magnet where magnetic forces act and that exists in three dimensions, all around a magnet |
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| a magnetic needle suspended so that it is free to turn |
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| a force with two aspects - electricity and magnetism |
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| a strong magnet that can be turned on and off and that is created by wrapping a current0carrying wire around an iron core |
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| a device that uses a magnetic field to transform electrical energy into mechanical energy |
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| a process by which a changing magnetic field causes an electric current in a wire loop |
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| a device that uses a magnetic field to transform electrical energy into mechanical energy |
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| a device used to increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current |
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| a group of atoms with their magnetic poles pointing in the same direction |
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