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Gathering Information

Step 1

Draw a diagram to illustrate the second part of the
experiment. Label the diagram with these words: wire bridge;
battery; terminals; pivoted needle; direction of deflection;
connecting leads.

Step 2

Are the following statements true or false? Correct any that is
wrong.
a) Oersted was trying to show that electricity and magnetism were
not related.
b) For this experiment he used a kind of compass needle, a wire
bridge and an electric generator.
c) He first placed the magnetic needle underneath the wire, then
connected the wire to the battery.
d) The needle under the wire was pushed first one way, then the
other.
e) In the second part of the experiment he put the needle above the
wire.
f) The needle above the wire was not deflected at all.
g) Oersted thought the wire was surrounded by a magnetic field.

Step 3

Find words and expressions in the Input with similar meanings to
the following: free to turn, pushed away, beneath, connection,
carrying an electric current, apparatus, a form of, put.

Step 4

The bottom diagram represents the magnet in the top diagram
broken into pieces. None of the pieces has been moved. Draw the

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