Name:___________________________________________ Date: ______________

Electromagnets
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1. In the nineteenth century, scientists discovered that you could create

a magnetic field by running an ____________ ____________

through a wire. The electric current produces a circular

____________ __________ around the wire, making it an

_____________________________.

2. Just like a regular magnet, the ____________ you move from the

wire, the ____________ the magnetic field. _______________

the amount of current flowing through the wire ______________

the magnetic field. _______________ the direction of the current

changes the polarity of the field.

3. When you turn the current ______, the field ____________

completely.
4. A single length of wire doesn’t create a very strong magnetic field.

When you coil the wire, the field ______________.

5. How are electromagnets different from regular magnets?

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6. Because the ____________ of an electromagnet varies with the

strength of the current, it makes an ideal ____________

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