Electricity and Magnetism

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Objective

I can describe the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Electromagnetism is the interaction between electric charges and magnetic fields, and it is one of the four fundamental interactions of nature.

  2. 2

    Rubbing a balloon on your hair transfers electrons to the balloon, giving it a negative charge and causing your hair to have a positive charge.

  3. 3

    An electric charge, when it moves, creates a magnetic field, and a changing magnetic field can create an electric field; this interaction is known as electromagnetism.

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Practice

12 questions

1

Define electromagnetism in your own words.

2

What happens when you rub a balloon on your hair in terms of electric charge?

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Exit ticket

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Describe how electricity and magnetism are related, according to the video.

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