How do spinning things like wind/water turbines or those spin to charge flash lights make electricity by just spinning?
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So OK. You know atoms exist, right? They’re tiny particles that everything’s made out of.
Atoms are made out of even smaller particles. One of those kinds of particles is “electrons”. Atoms are supposed to have a specific number of electrons, but doing certain kinds of things can add or take away from those electrons. Moving electrons around like that is what makes electricity.
A magnetic field can move electrons. So if you spin a magnet near a wire coil, it’s sort of pushing electrons through the wire. The moving electrons are electricity!
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