Current Electricity Quiz

Electric current is the flow of electric charge moving in a particular direction. To maintain an electric current, the charge needs a continuous path to travel around, known as a closed circuit.

Conventional current is the belief that electricity is the flow of positive charge around the circuit, represented as flowing from a positively charged point to a negatively charged point. Electron flow, on the other hand, is the actual flow of negative charge in the direction of the movement of electrons through the conductor.

When electric currents pass through a circuit, the electrons in the conductor move to produce a flow of negative charge in the direction they travel. The negative charge flows from the negative points to positive points.

<p>Early experiments believed that electricity is the flow of positive charge around the circuit, and therefore represented the flow of electric current as from a positively charged point to a negatively charged point using arrows to indicate the direction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charges can produce an electric current if the charge can flow through a conductor. The actual nature of electric current flow involves the movement of electric charge, specifically the flow of negative charge in the direction of the movement of electrons through the conductor.</p> Signup and view all the answers