eli5 how does a generator spinning make electricity.

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So I was on a train and got curious how waterwheels and wind turbines and everything of the sort make electricity so like any normal person would I searched it up. And on google I kid you not all the responses were “it spins the generator making electricity” like what am I dumb or does to at make no sence and explains nothing please help.

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An electric generator is essentially the same thing as an electric motor.

If you add electricity it makes the motor move. If you manually move the motor, it generates electricity. The motor/generator is a converter of energy, from kinetic movement to electricity, and vice versa.

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