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Chemical, potential energy is stored in a battery.
The negative end of a battery is connected to a wire.
The wire loops numerous times around a piece of steel.
The wire returns to the positive end of the battery.

What happens to the piece of steel?
A) It begins to spin.
B) It gains a negative charge.
C) It gains a positive charge.
D) It moves toward a piece of iron.

User Wonton
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D)

The steel becomes a magnet and it would move toward a piece of iron. This is electromagnetism, and is how mechanical work can then be done with this moving piece of steel, like a motor.

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Answer:

no its D prep said it wasnt a

Step-by-step explanation:

IT IS D NOT A

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