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How are people able to harness the energy generated from waterwheels and turn it into electricity?
Question Date: 2009-05-21
Answer 1:

A waterwheel is attached to a magnet, which is turned by the flowing water. A changing magnetic field creates an electric field, so the rotating magnet induces electric current in a coil of wire around the magnet.



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