Multiple choice

What scientist discovered magnetic fields can create electric currents not just vice versa?

  1. Hans Christian Oersted

  2. Michael Faraday

  3. Albert Einstein

  4. Joseph Henry

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Michael Faraday is credited with the discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831, showing that magnetic fields can create electric currents. Oersted discovered the reverse effect, where current creates a magnetic field.