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Electrical charges will not flow. The considered to be held stationary.
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Are all electrical charges the same?
no
What flow of charges is the same at any point?
Current in a series circuit is a flow of charges that is equal at any point in the circuit.
Why does electricity follow a path?
Good question. Electricity is about electrical charges. Alas, nature prefers electrical neutrality -- no net charge. An electrical charge is in an unstable state; it will seek the easiest path to be neutralized (to be in a stable state via a most energy-efficient manner); easy here means the lowest resistance to the flow. If water is dropped on a hilltop, it will seek a more stable state, the lower ground, by the quickest means (straight downhills), not meandering like a road for cars. Same for an electrical charge.
What pushes electricity through the wire?
Difference of potential (voltage) causes current to flow as long as there is a complete path (circuit) for it to flow along. Voltage can be thought of as electrical pressure along the same lines as water pressure. If there is a competed path the electrical 'pressure'will push the electrons from the higher potention (pressure) to the lower potential (pressure).
How do electrical charges flow in a series circuit?
The eletrical current goes out of the positive end to the first load and uses a fraction of its power in the first load then continues to the second load and it does the same as the first load and then it either goes to the negative end or goes in more loads until it reaches the negative end.
In terms of electrical charges explain why the balloons repelled each other?
Like (same) charges repel.
How do forces between between electrical charges differ from forces between masses?
Gravitational forces are always attractive. Electrical charges are repulsive for same-type charges, and attractive for opposite-types.
Atoms with the same number of protons but with different electrical charges have different?
ions
Do isotopes have different electrical charges?
No, isotopes have the same electrical charge because they have the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei, which determines the electrical charge. Isotopes only differ in the number of neutrons, which do not have an electrical charge.
Does resistance to electrical current flow have the same meaning as resistance to fluid flow?
no, a better analog is reactance
Why current remains same in series?
An electrical current is a flow of charge through a circuit. In a series circuit there is only one path for the charge to flow through; therefore, (in a DC circuit) the same charge must pass through every point in the circuit. It's not quite the same as flow in a water pipe. In a water pipe if you increase the flow of water at the intake end it will take some time for that increased flow to makes it way to the output of the water pipe. In an electrical conductor, changes are effectively instantaneous. As soon as you change the input flow the output flow changes too, and that implies that the flow at all points in between the input and the output have to be the same. Once you see that please remember that this is the 'ideal'. The situation becomes considerably more complicated once you started learning about other circuit elements.
What electrical quantity is the same throughout a series circuit?
In any series circuit, there is one and only one path for current flow. All the current flowing in the circuit will flow through all of the devices in that circuit. A break at any point in the circuit will cause current flow to cease. Lastly, it is current that is the same at any point in the circuit where we'd care to measure it.
