Use the image to answer the question.

A diagram shows a wire carrying a current in vertical direction. The magnetic field drawn using compass needles around the wire are concentric circles in a plane perpendicular to the direction of current.

What are the particles demonstrating in this image?

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electromagnetic motor
electromagnetic motor

electric field
electric field

electromagnetic field
electromagnetic field

magnetic field
magnetic field

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The particles in the image are demonstrating a magnetic field. The concentric circles drawn with compass needles indicate the direction of the magnetic field created around the wire carrying an electric current.